Key West Police Employee Faces 100 Years for Crimes in Florida Keys

A Key West Police employee was arrested and charged with crimes in the Florida Keys that could lead to 100 years in prison. The Florida Department of Law Enforcement’s investigation began when agents received a cybertip submitted by Snapchat. FDLE confirmed that at the time 21-year-old Jacob Rookey committed these crimes, he was employed by the Key West Police Department as a 911 telecommunicator, but his brief employment with the Key West PD was terminated. FDLE agents, along with the FDLE Special Operations Team and the Monroe County Sheriff’s Office, served a search warrant at Rookey’s residence and seized numerous electronic devices for digital forensic analysis. The investigation into Rookey was launched when the Broward County Sheriff’s Office (BSO) received a cyber tip from the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children that Rookeywas possessing, viewing, and transmitting CSAM via Snapchat. BSO identified Rookey by his IP address and determined that jurisdiction belonged to FDLE Florida Keys. That led to the discovery of communications in which Rookey was buying/selling CSAM and animal sexual abuse materials as well as soliciting minors to send him CSAM. In many of the communications, Rookey was posing as an underage girl. Florida Attorney General James Uthmeier
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