Pinellas County Sheriff's Office
Investigative Operations Bureau
-Crimes Against Children (CAC) Unit

Atititorn Pattanapaisarn (Suspect- Arrested)
DOB: 05/30/1996
Address: 269 69th Street North, Clearwater
Charges: 9 counts of Possession of Child Pornography

PINELLAS COUNTY- Detectives assigned to the Crimes Against Children (CAC) Unit have arrested a Clearwater man for multiple counts of possession of child pornography.

Detectives began their investigation after receiving information from the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children (NCMEC) that child pornography was being uploaded on the internet. Through various investigative techniques, detectives were able to identify the suspect as 26-year-old Atititorn Pattanapaisarn.

Detectives obtained a search warrant for Pattanapaisarn’s internet account and several images of child pornography were located. When Patanapaisarn was interviewed by detectives, he admitted to searching for child pornography online and saving the images to his internet account.

On July 21, 2022, detectives arrested Pattanapaisarn and charged him with nine counts of Possession of Child Pornography.

Pattanapaisarn was transported to the Pinellas County Jail.

The investigation continues.