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SCPD: Lindenhurst Man Arrested for Sexually Explicit Chats with 10-Year-Olds, Possessing Child Porn

Crime

By Published: June 20 2024

LongIsland.com

Taner Ocal, 22, was charged with Possessing a Sexual Performance of a Child, a class E Felony, and Promoting a Sexual Performance of a Child, a class D Felony.

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Suffolk County Police on Wednesday, June 19 arrested a Lindenhurst man for possessing child pornography. 
 
Following tips from the Fort Worth Police Department in Texas, Suffolk County Police Digital Forensics Unit detectives arrested a Lindenhurst man Taner Ocal for sexually explicit conversations he had with two 10-year-old girls from Texas on social media and through text messages. The girls notified Fort Worth police of their interactions with Ocal, which occurred in May and June of 2024. Ocal was arrested at his home, located at 291 North Indiana Ave.
 
During the investigation it was determined Ocal had child pornography on his cell phone as well as text messages with several underage girls. Ocal communicated with the girls online via Instagram handle baddiedancehouse by posing as a female dance instructor and offering the girls help with their dancing abilities in exchange for inappropriate videos
 
Ocal, 22, was charged with Possessing a Sexual Performance of a Child, a class E Felony, and Promoting a Sexual Performance of a Child, a class D Felony. Ocal will be held overnight at the Third Precinct and is scheduled to be arraigned at First District Court in Central Islip on June 20.
 
The investigation is continuing, and detectives are looking into if Ocal was speaking to underage girls in other areas besides Texas. Detectives are asking anyone with additional information or if you believe you are a victim to call the Digital Forensics Unit at 631-852-6279.
 
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