Homeland Security agent charged with producing child pornography: US Attorney for Minnesota

The Justice Department has charged a Homeland Security Investigations special agent in Minnesota with producing child pornography.

Special Agent Timothy Ryan Gregg, 51, who is also a task force officer with the FBI, was charged Wednesday with the production of child pornography, according to Acting U.S. Attorney for the District of Minnesota Joseph H. Thompson, according to local TV station KSTP.

Gregg, of Eagan, Minn., is accused of attempting, coercing and enticing a minor to take part in sexually explicit conduct with the intention of producing child pornography, according to court filings.

The minor's father reportedly found sexually-explicit photos and videos on his child's phone, in which the child and Gregg were engaging in “sexually explicit activity.” 

“The U.S. Attorney’s Office will always hold defendants in positions of public trust to account, particularly when they commit crimes against vulnerable children,” Thompson said in a statement on Wednesday. “I am proud of the swift and decisive action of the FBI and the Rochester Police Department, who responded immediately and worked together to take Gregg safely into custody.”

Gregg is in custody, where he will stay until his next scheduled court appearance, prosecutors said.