Retired Phoenix police sergeant
arrested on child porn charges
PHOENIX -- A retired Phoenix
police sergeant was arrested after authorities reportedly found child
pornography inside his Chandler home Friday.
Detectives from the Arizona
Internet Crimes Against Children Task Force served a search warrant at
61-year-old Robert Carrillo's home near Kyrene and Ray roads.
"Police showed up in my
backyard ... asking if they could get on my roof and survey a house across the
street," Doug Grounds said.
"A couple of snipers
wanted to climb up because they were getting ready to arrest the neighbor
across the street," Holly Grounds added.
Phoenix police spokesman Sgt.
Steve Martos said detectives located a large number of images depicting child
pornography.
Carrillo declined to answer
questions but was ultimately booked into jail on suspicion of 10 counts of
sexual exploitation of a minor.
"I think it's
horrible," Doug Grounds said. "Taking advantage of young people is
just the worst thing that can be."
Neighbors were shocked, saying
Carrillo kept to himself but that they never saw anything suspicious.
"It's kind of scary to
think that something like that can happen right across the street and you don't
know it," Doug Grounds said.
He said he knew Carrillo had
worked for the Phoenix Police Department and felt more secure living close to
an officer.
"For this to happen, it
just makes you think a little bit," he added.
"They're supposed to
uphold the law," Holly Grounds said.
Martos confirmed that Carrillo
retired earlier this year after 37 years with the department.
Carrillo was one of two
officers shot while responding to a shots fired call in Phoenix in 1999.
Martos said the investigation
is ongoing.
