Racine man arrested as result of ongoing child porn investigation

RACINE (WITI) -- 26-year-old Samuel Hawkins of Racine was taken into custody on Thursday, February 20th following an ongoing investigation into child pornography.

The Racine Police Department in conjunction with the Department of Justice Division  of Criminal Investigation (DCI), executed a search warrant at a home in the 1600 block of West Lawn Avenue in the City of Racine on February 20th.

Upon arrival, Hawkins was located at the home and was taken into custody for the following charges:

The investigation was initiated after a member of the DCI Internet Crimes Against Children (ICAC) Task Force, developed information that images of suspected Child Pornography were transmitted from a home in the 1600blk of West Lawn St.

The investigation led to the search warrant.

The investigation remains ongoing at this time.

Racine Police investigators are interested in any additional information that you may have about this crime. You are urged to call the Racine Police Department Investigations Unit at 262-635-7756.

You may also contact Crimestoppers at 262-636-9330, or by texting RACS plus the message to CRIMES (274637) and referring to Tipsoft I.D. #TIP417 with your text message.