更新于：2026年3月4日 / 美国东部时间下午4:11 / CBS新闻
据多位向CBS新闻透露消息的人士称，一名长期任职于司法部的员工已因儿童色情案件被捕并被起诉。
三位消息人士表示，华盛顿特区美国检察官办公室的法律工作人员蒂莫西·帕森斯（Timothy Parsons）在其居住的马里兰州面临联邦刑事指控。
根据CBS新闻查阅的法庭文件，联邦调查局（FBI）特别工作组于周一搜查了帕森斯在贝塞斯达的住所，寻找潜在犯罪材料。
一名FBI探员指控，帕森斯在接受调查人员询问时承认，2019年2月曾收到他人发送的儿童性虐待材料。
司法部发言人在一份声明中表示：”该员工已休假，将按照标准程序采取适当的纪律处分。虽然我们无法评论人事问题，但我们始终要求所有员工遵守最高的道德行为标准。”
根据FBI的宣誓书，帕森斯收到了包含多个视频和两张图片的儿童虐待材料。宣誓书称，帕森斯告诉调查人员，他已删除了这些信息。
指控文件还称，帕森斯对这些图片作出了带有性暗示的回应，包括”太刺激了”。
根据法庭文件和CBS新闻对法院卷宗的审查，帕森斯的案件是由调查人员在调查2025年对维克多·布莱斯（Victor Blythe）的调查中发现的。布莱斯是华盛顿儿童国家医疗中心的前儿童心理治疗师。
法庭文件称，发送给帕森斯的图片来自一名涉嫌虐待儿童的人，其案件细节与布莱斯2025年的联邦刑事案件相符。
宣誓书还称，周一，”FBI执行了对（帕森斯）贝塞斯达住所的搜查令，并扣押了帕森斯的多件物品。帕森斯独自居住，FBI到达时他也独自一人在家。调查人员对帕森斯的物品进行了现场预览，未发现（儿童虐待材料）。与搜查令一致的设备全面法医检查正在进行中。”
帕森斯尚未就其案件认罪。他定于周五在马里兰州格林贝尔特出庭。法院卷宗显示，帕森斯已被指派联邦公设辩护人。公设辩护人办公室尚未立即回应置评请求。
CBS新闻试图联系帕森斯寻求置评，但未收到回应。
布莱斯已表示不认罪，其联邦刑事案件的庭审日期定于3月25日。
Justice Dept. employee charged in child pornography case
Updated on: March 4, 2026 / 4:11 PM EST / CBS News
A longtime Justice Department employee has been arrested and charged in a child pornography case, according to multiple sources who spoke with CBS News.
Timothy Parsons, a legal staffer at the U.S. Attorney’s Office in Washington, D.C., is facing federal criminal charges in Maryland, where he lives, three sources said.
According to a court filing reviewed by CBS News, an FBI task force searched Parsons home in Bethesda on Monday, looking for potential criminal material.
An FBI agent alleged Parsons answered questions from investigators and acknowledged receiving a message with child sex abuse material from another person in February 2019.
A Justice Department spokesperson said in a statement, “The employee is on leave and appropriate disciplinary action will be taken in accordance with standard procedure. While we cannot comment on personnel matters, we hold all of our employees to the highest standards of ethical conduct at all times.”
According to an FBI affidavit, Parsons received multiple videos and two images with child abuse material. The affidavit said Parsons told investigators that he had deleted those messages.
The charging documents also alleged Parsons responded to the images with sexually charged responses, including, “That is so hot.”
According to court filings and a review of court dockets by CBS News, Parsons’ case was uncovered by investigators who handled a 2025 investigation into Victor Blythe, a former child psychotherapist at Children’s National Medical Center in Washington.
The court filings said the images sent to Parsons were sent by a suspected child exploiter whose case matches details of Blythe’s 2025 criminal case.
The affidavit also said on Monday, “The FBI executed the warrants at (Parson’s) Bethesda residence and seized several devices belonging to Parsons, who lives there by himself and was alone in the residence when the FBI arrived. Investigators conducted an onsite preview of Parson’s devices and identified no (child abuse material). A full forensic examination of the devices consistent with the search warrant is pending.”
Parsons has not yet entered a plea in his case. He’s scheduled to appear in court Friday in Greenbelt, Maryland. The court docket said Parsons has been appointed a federal public defender. The public defender’s office did not immediately respond to requests for comment.
CBS News sought comment from Parsons but has not received a response.
Blythe has pleaded not guilty and has a court appearance in his federal criminal case scheduled for March 25.
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