Press Release
Raleigh Man Convicted of Possessing More Than 300 Images of Child Sexual Abuse Material on his Work Laptop
For Immediate Release
U.S. Attorney's Office, Eastern District of North Carolina
According to court records and evidence presented at trial, Dobbs was working from home as an IT support engineer for a multinational technology company when, in early November 2022, a supervisor remotely observed Dobbs watching content on his work-issued laptop that appeared to be child sexual abuse material. The company terminated Dobbs’s employment and forwarded screenshots taken by the supervisor to law enforcement for investigation. The Raleigh Police Department executed a search at Dobbs’s apartment and seized the company laptop. A review of the laptop and the company’s back-up servers revealed that Dobbs’s laptop contained over 300 image files of child sexual abuse material, including the sexual abuse of infants and toddlers and depictions of bondage. On a special verdict form, the jury found Dobbs guilty as charged and found that the images included visual depictions of prepubescent minors.
In 2006, Dobbs was also convicted of having carnal knowledge of a child, using a computer to solicit a minor (three counts), possession of child sexual abuse material (ten counts), and manufacturing sexually explicit material in Virginia. He spent seven years in prison and was still on probation for those offenses at the time of this incident.
Daniel P. Bubar, Acting U.S. Attorney for the Eastern District of North Carolina made the announcement after
Related court documents and information can be found on the website of the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of North Carolina or on PACER by searching for Case No.5:24-CR-182.
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Updated May 2, 2025
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