MARION COUNTY, FL (352today.com) – The Marion County Sheriff’s Office (MCSO) arrested a man they say performed sexual activities with his parent’s cat and uploaded it along with child sexual abuse material (CSAM) to the internet.
MCSO says they arrested 35-year-old Tyler Leigh Seiters on January 11 for 40 counts of child pornography, nine counts of sexual activity involving an animal, and the unlawful use of a two-way communication device.
MCSO detectives say they received multiple tips from the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children (NCMEC) stating that an individual uploaded several files of CSAM to Verizon cloud storage. Through further investigation, they say they were able to link Seiters to the crime. After obtaining a search warrant, they say they discovered the CSAM files along with multiple “self-produced files depicting sexual activity with a cat,” stated MCSO in a Facebook post.
During an interview, they say Seiters admitted that the photos and videos were his and shared that he prefers CSAM depicting “young boys with older women.” Detectives say they asked him about the sexual activity regarding the cat, and he told them that the cat belonged to his parents.
MCSO also says that Seiters told them that he had a “level of sexual arousal by the warmth of the cat being so close to his genitalia.”
Seiters was arrested and transported to the Marion County Jail. His bond was set at $111,500.
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The sheriff’s office says the believe due to the nature of the crimes, there could possibly be other child or animal victims. If you or someone was victimized, they encourage you to contact detectives at 352-368-3546.