Former Firefighter Pleads Guilty to Possession of Lewd Images
According to court documents, Barrera accessed the lewd images on his cellphone using the department’s network. Homeland Security Investigations agents discovered Barrera would use the department's network to access chat rooms that posted videos depicting child pornography. During the course of the investigation, investigators discovered that two local IP addresses were registered to a “Ray Jones” were used to access the chat room. One IP address was associated with one of the Odessa Fire Department's station and the other to the 36-year-old's home. After seizing Barrera's phone, agents found several videos and images ‘depicting minors engaged in sexually explicit activity.