POLICE: East Texas man arrested after more than 50 items of child porn found during search of apartment [Video]

TEXARKANA, Texas — An East Texas man is behind bars after allegedly being caught with more than 50 items of child pornography.

According to the Texarkana Texas Police Department, Trenton Weddel,20, was taken into custody after a search warrant was executed at his apartment in the 4600 block of Summerhill Rd. on Thursday, Sept. 12.

“Weddel first came to our attention earlier this month after we received a tip from the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children,” the TTPD said. “They told us that a popular social media application had notified them that someone had used an IP address in Texarkana, Texas to upload a pornographic video of a young girl. Within a few days, Detective Casey Schimdt was able to identify Weddel as the owner of both the social media account and IP address in the tip. He then found numerous videos and …