From the Londonderry Patch
Timothy Siekmann was arrested on Thursday on 15 felony counts accused of possessing child pornography. He was held on preventive detention.
Tony Schinella,Patch Staff
Posted Fri, Jul 14, 2023 at 2:29 pm ET|Updated Fri, Jul 14, 2023 at 2:48 pm ET
LONDONDERRY, NH — A Londonderry budget committee member from an active political family in town was arrested on Thursday on 15 felony counts of possessing child sexual abuse images.
Timothy Siekmann, 60, of Hovey Road in Londonderry, was arrested on a warrant at 9:54 a.m. on Thursday.
The case against Siekmann started in early August 2022 after a detective with the Derry Police Department received a cyber tip from the Internet Crimes Against Children Task Force about three files uploaded via a Microsoft Bing Image peer-to-peer client server around 3:45 a.m. on June 3, 2022. The internet protocol address for the service provider was Consolidated Communications in Derry. The files, an affidavit said, were locked and required a search warrant.
The detective filed a request for a search warrant, and it was approved, confirming the photos were child pornography, a report said.
Another search warrant was requested of the service provider, which a judge also approved. The affidavit said it led to an account belonging to Siekmann on Hovey Road in Londonderry. The Derry detective reassigned the investigation to the Londonderry police for follow-up, the report stated.
A Londonderry detective requested a search warrant of Siekmann’s home on March 9. The Derry detective was also at the house, the report said. During an interview, the detective wrote in an affidavit, “Siekmann did not admit to possessing child sexual abuse material.” The report said he confirmed he had a work computer and cellphone in a den at the home.
The detective said the work laptop had a solid-state drive attached to it, and he ran a disk image duplication of the hard drive. The detective said after searching, he found “numerous child sexual abuse material in a downloads folder,” according to the affidavit. The report said the images involved girls from 2 to 9 years of age.
A warrant was issued for Siekmann’s arrest on July 7, and he was arrested at home on Thursday. He faces up to 20 years in jail.
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