A 23-year-old active FDNY Emergency Medical Technician was arrested at John F. Kennedy International Airport after U.S. Customs and Border Protection officers uncovered approximately 14,000 images and videos of suspected child sexual abuse material on his phone.
The arrest happened on June 1, 2026, when the traveler, a U.S. citizen employed as an EMT with the Fire Department of the City of New York, arrived at JFK from Santiago, Dominican Republic, according to CBP.
He was referred to secondary inspection, where CBP officers from the Human Trafficking Unit conducted a baggage and electronic device examination.
What they found was horrifying.
A hidden folder on the device contained roughly 14,000 images and videos depicting “adults engaged in sexual acts with prepubescent children, prepubescent and pubescent children engaged in sexual acts, and pubescent and age-indeterminate individuals engaged in sexual acts.”
The phone also contained the MEGA cloud storage application, a tool notorious for its end-to-end encryption that predators exploit to store and distribute illegal child sexual abuse material while making it extremely difficult for law enforcement to access without credentials.
On the same day, the defendant appeared in Queens Supreme Criminal Court and was arraigned on New York state sexual offense charges.
“Every day, our CBP officers at JFK stand on the front lines of some of the most disturbing crimes we encounter in law enforcement, and their vigilance in this case helped prevent further harm to vulnerable children,” said CBP New York’s Director of Field Operations Frank Russo.
“Their professionalism and resilience, combined with the outstanding work of our partners at Homeland Security Investigations, the New York City Police Department and the Queens County District Attorney’s Office, demonstrate how critical these partnerships are to holding offenders accountable, especially those in positions of public trust.”
Independent reporter Susan B. Edelman has more:
The release does not name [EMT Master K. Detres], but a criminal complaint released by the Queens District Attorney’s office identifies him.
The complaint describes several videos allegedly found on Detres showing girls 7 to 10 years old, officials estimate.
In one video, a girl stands naked in a bathtub while a man urinates on her. One shows a child with her mouth on a man’s penis while “crying and shaking her head no.” Another shows a child with her mouth on a man’s penis as he “uses his hand to manipulate (her) head back and forth.”
A CBP officer said Detres “admitted, in sum and substance, he knew he had the child porn on his phone,” the complaint states.
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Judge Lana Schlesinger released Detres without bail and set his next court appearance for Aug. 20. A DA spokesperson said the charges are “not bail-eligible” under state law.
The FDNY suspended Detres without pay for 30 days on June 2, spokeswoman Amanda Farinacci said. Under civil service rules, the city must then return him to the payroll at least until his criminal case is resolved.
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