UConn French Club President Nabbed On Child Porn Charge

A Connecticut college student who is president of his school’s French club was arrested today on child porn charges after an undercover agent downloaded 34 illicit images that the suspect shared via a peer-to-peer network.

Steven Lewis was busted this morning in his dormitory room at the University of Connecticut, where he is a senior. As investigators searched his room, Lewis reportedly confessed that he was “introduced” to child porn two years ago by an individual he met online, according to a U.S. District Court filing excerpted here.

About six months ago, Lewis told agents, he began to use the file sharing program through which the 34 images--which featured prepubescent males--were obtained last month by law enforcement. Agents seized an Apple laptop from Lewis’s room, and the student said the machine contained “a significant collection of images and videos which depict child pornography."

He also reportedly admitted that he views his child porn “approximately three to four times a week and occasionally masturbates while viewing his collection.”

Lewis is president of UConn’s French Club and is a moderator for the group’s Facebook page, according to the court filing and UConn’s web site. He is pictured in the above photo from his personal Facebook page.