Update: $5K Bail Set for Man Charged With 34 Counts of Possessing Child Pornography

Update: Bail set at $5,000 Thursday afternoon  for an 18-year-old Waukesha man facing life in prison after being charged with 34 counts of posession of child pornography.

An 18-year-old Waukesha man was arrested and charged Wednesday with 34 counts of possession of child pornography and faces a maximum 850 years in prison if convicted of all 34 counts.

Richard Chavez is scheduled for a bail hearing in court this afternoon. The Waukesha Police Department call log shows Chavez was arrested by police Wednesday.

According to the compliant:

Waukesha detectives were contacted by the Wisconsin Department of Justice after it was confirmed Chavez was downloading files through a peer-to-peer network. The files downloaded were known as child pornography.

Police executed a search warrant on Oct. 27 and told Chavez that they believed either he or his father was using the computer to download the child pornography. Chavez told investigators that his father did not use the computer.

“I may have accidently downloaded some child pornography,” Chavez told investigators.

Chavez then told investigators he downloaded the files because he did not believe the titles of the videos and pictures that were online. Chavez said that there were no images of the videos he downloaded, so he had to download each file in order to view it.

Chavez said he downloaded about 50 to 60 videos and watched each file about three or four files. Chavez also told investigators he looked at the porn even though it made him sick to his stomach. He said he was not a predator and does not touch children.

“This makes me sick,” Chavez told investigators. “This isn’t me.”