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	Oviedo Child Porn Suspect to Appear in Federal Court By Amy Pavuk Orlando Sentinel February 16, 2011 http://www.orlandosentinel.com/news/local/breakingnews/os-warlick-missionary-child-porn-20110216,0,3629649.story An Oviedo man who was accused by the Presbyterian Church of sexually abusing children at a housing facility for missionary families, and was recently arrested by the FBI in a child-pornography case, waived his right to appear in Orlando federal court Wednesday, but entered a not-guilty plea. Samuel Shamba Warlick, who was arrested in January via a criminal complaint, was recently indicted by a federal grand jury on charges of distributing and possessing child pornography. Warlick's case was slated for an arraignment Wednesday, but his defense attorney waived his right to attend the hearing. Court records show Warlick entered the not-guilty plea Tuesday. Law-enforcement officers began investigating Warlick, 39, in December in an undercover capacity via a peer-to-peer file sharing program online. An undercover agent reviewed dozens of images and videos from Warlick and determined many of them were child pornography, according to the criminal complaint. Agents searched Warlick's home on Pecan Street last month, and during their questioning, Warlick said he has possessed child porn for the past 10 years and that he prefers boys who are between 13 and 16 years old. Warlick's arrest came three months after the Presbyterian Church (USA) published a report, unrelated to the FBI case, accusing him of sexually abusing kids at a housing facility in the Congo in the late 1980s. The Church's panel stated it named Warlick in the report because of aggravating factors, including that his behavior could have been prosecuted criminally had it occurred in the United States. apavuk@tribune.com or 407-420-5735
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