DOJ/Milton PD Looking for Assistance in Child Porn Case
Milton Police and the Delaware Department of Justice need your help in the prosecution of a Sussex County pastor who is charged for soliciting child pornography. Officials indicted 62 year old Leonard Eley in November on one count each of sexual solicitation of a minor and theft by false pretenses and two counts of possession of child porn. The state was aware of one victim, who was a former member of Eley’s church – Storm Shelter Ministries, but believe that additional victims may be unidentified. Other victims or those with information should contact Milton Police Detective Chris Whitehouse at 302-684-8547 extension 103.
Additional information from the DOJ release:
Leonard Eley was formally indicted on November 28 following an investigation into charges that he solicited nude photographs from a minor over the course of a year. Eley, whose victim was a former member of his church, Storm Shelter Ministries, is further alleged to have paid for the photographs using stolen funds from his church’s account.
Eley’s indictment was secured by Deputy Attorneys General Caroline Brittingham and Michael Cooksey of the DOJ’s Human Trafficking Unit, following an investigation led by Det. Whitehouse and the Internet Crimes Against Children Task Force.
