PANAMA CITY — A judge granted limited access to the Internet to a Lynn Haven man charged with possession of child pornography.
Darius Goodin, 50, needs to be able to access the Internet in order to keep his job as a civil servant at the Naval Surface Warfare Center in Panama City, where he has worked for 28 years, according to a motion seeking a modification of the conditions of his bond.
Judge Shane Vann set Goodin’s bond at $10,000, with the special condition that he not access the Internet, on Dec. 19 during Goodin’s first court appearance after he was arrested and charged with 16 counts of possession of child pornography.
Judge James Fensom signed an order Wednesday that will allow Goodin to access the web for work purposes only on United States government networks, computers and other devices. Goodin needs to be able to respond to work emails sent to his phone, and uses the web to perform research, make travel arraignments and perform other tasks.
Goodin’s attorney, Ben Bollinger, declined to comment.
Goodin was arrested 10 months after investigators with the Bay County Sheriff’s Office searched his home with a warrant on suspicion that he was downloading child pornography using a peer-to-peer file sharing network called Ares. Deputies seized his computer and an external hard drive and the Florida Department of Law Enforcement found 16 “notable child pornography files.”
When Goodin was interviewed during the search, he said he didn’t download child pornography and if it popped up on his computer he deleted it.