A Kannapolis police officer and his wife who are charged
with possessing and distributing child pornography waived their detention
hearings today, electing to stay in jail rather than argue for bond.
Steven and Tracy Webb appeared in federal court in
Charlotte. They are each charged with receiving, possessing and distributing
child pornography and making false statements.
The FBI arrested the
couple Monday, and they have since been held in the Mecklenburg County Jail.
The judge also ordered the couple transferred to the Middle District of North
Carolina in Greensboro, where their cases will be heard.
Steven Anthony Webb, 41, has been a Kannapolis police officer
since 2008.
According to WBTV, a criminal complaint says that on July 4,
an FBI agent was investigating a file sharing network possibly connected to
child abuse and pornography.
Investigators say they downloaded pornographic videos with
children having sex and found an eight-minute video of a child engaged in a sex
act with an adult on a hard drive belonging to the Webbs.
The complaint further states that Tracy Webb lied to an
investigator by giving a false statement.