Counter Pedophilia Investigate Unit

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By JAMES HALPIN
jhalpin@adn.com

An Anchorage social worker who works with children on Elmendorf Air Force Base has been arrested on a charge of possessing child pornography after police say they found in his home thousands of graphic images of child abuse.

Lt. Cmdr. Andrew William Young of the U.S. Public Health Service Commissioned Corps is charged in federal court with possessing images depicting children as young as 5 or 6 years old being molested and abused, Anchorage police said Friday. Police searching the home collected the largest amount of physical evidence of any single child porn case to date, police Lt. Dave Parker said.

Young, 46, is a licensed clinical therapist who specializes in treating children, police said. According to Young’s resume, he has been a senior officer at child and adolescent services for the 3rd Medical Group on Elmendorf since 2008. His job includes managing clinical services for children of active-duty personnel from Elmendorf, Fort Richardson and Kodiak Coast Guard station, his resume says. He supervises staff treating children at the mental health clinic and consults with the chief of pediatrics along with school officials, according to his resume.

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