Midland, Texas police charge Abbeville man with child porn

For the second time in a year, Abbeville native John Aaron Trahan, 39, has been arrested and charged with possession or promotion of child pornography.
This past weekend, the Midland County Sheriff’s Office arrested and booked Trahan on five counts of possession and promotion of child pornography. Each count is a third degree felony and his bond was $150,000 for each charge. His total bond is now $750,000.
Trahan’s address given in his arrest is 214 E. Magnolia, Abbeville. LA.
The Vermilion Parish Sheriff’s Office arrested Trahan on June 5 and held him for extradition.
In August of last year, Trahan was first charged with possession or promotion of child pornography after allegedly getting caught downloading child pornography.
In January of this year, a Special Agent with the Texas Department of Public Safety Criminal Investigation Division reviewed a National Center for Missing and Exploited Children CyberTip on a DropBox account. The tip indicated that on June 24, 2021, 43 videos meeting the definition of child pornography were uploaded to the account created by an Aaron Trahan, according to court documents. Five videos were reviewed and determined to be child pornography, according to the arrest affidavit.
Under federal law, Electronic Services Providers — like DropBox — are required to report any distribution of child pornography to the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children. The organization then generates a CyberTip, according to the arrest affidavit.
Trahan was identified as the account holder after Special Agent requested the subscriber records. The IP Address was traced back to his residence in Midland, according to the arrest affidavit. The account was activated in 2014 and was still active as of February, according to the arrest affidavit.