Monday, February 17, 2025

Madison Man Indicted for Child Porn

 A Madison County grand jury indicted Britton Butler for no less than eight counts of child exploitation on February 3.  

Count I of the indictment states: 

On or about, February 3, 2021, in Madison County, Mississippi and within the jurisdiction of this court, the defendant, BRITTON ADAM BUTLER, did unlawfully, feloniously, and knowingly possess or knowingly access with intent to view a photograph, film, videotape, or other visual depiction of an actual child engaging in sexually explicit conduct, on a Samsung 64GB EVO Micro SD Card, in violation of Section 97-5-33(5) of the Mississippi Code of 1972, as amended, and against the peace and dignity of the State of Mississippi.
 

The other seven counts are similar charges for various hard drives and a smartphone.  Butler was taken into custody on February 11.  Circuit Judge Dewey Arthur set his bond at $250,000 on February 13.  Butler posted bond.  

Judge Arthur set Butler's trial for April 28 but it will probably be continued.  After claiming indigence, Butler will be represented by a public defender.   

The Attorney General is prosecuting the case. 



30 comments:

Anonymous said...

"After claiming indigence, ...."

So, is it safe to assume that he's using a government subsidized smartphone to feed his perversions?

Anonymous said...

@9:08 - That’s a bad assumption. You got it 100% wrong.

Anonymous said...

How do claim indigence and meet a $250K bond?

Anonymous said...

Very low bond.

Anonymous said...

He used to work at Horne, or is it horny?

Anonymous said...

February 17, 2025 at 9:30 AM - and, you know this how?

Anonymous said...

Nobody tell these morons that the Facebook/Instagram/Discord CSAM groups are all a honeypot. And make sure they keep using iPhone/macOS and Windows because they all have CSAM detection built in!

Anonymous said...

I think he graduated from mRA? If this is the same guy I’m thinking of

Anonymous said...

4 years from the time they caught him to just now being indicted? I'm always curious how they find these folks, and know they have this material on hard drives, etc. I also hate it for the investigators that I assume have to watch that stuff.

Anonymous said...

You beat me to it. I was wondering the same thing,

Anonymous said...

Google him. When you make that kind of money, you don’t qualify for government assistance.

Anonymous said...

@11:15 AM they know because 90% of the CSAM material in circulation is being circulated by LEOs in honeypot operations. They have every image fingerprinted with a digital hash. This is how all of the tech companies report you.
All of your digital images are scanned on your devices automatically and this alerts the agencies if any of them match the hashes in the CSAM databases. Then LEOs get the required warrants to search your devices.

Very few humans have to look at it. There are separate charges in the occasions with perverts produce stuff themselves. I don’t k ow much about how that works.

I know a bit about this did some contract work to improve the speed and accuracy of the algorithms that match hashes of known CSAM images. We didn’t have to work with the images, just the hashes.

Windows, macOS, Android, iOS all have the CSAM image hash check built into them now. They don’t upload your private images to the cloud. They just scan everything to check for hash matches.

Anonymous said...

SAVEJXN covered it first.

Anonymous said...

Seems like a growing number of perverts in Madison.

Anonymous said...

@KF please consider using the industry term “Child Sexual Abuse Materials” or CSAM. Pornography is a legal product that is created by consenting adults in the industry, for the consumption by adults. CSAM is evidence of a crime. Both in its production and with its possession. It is not pornography.

Kingfish said...

No. Deal with it.

Anonymous said...

Hasn’t been with Horne since 2022.

Anonymous said...

Good point @ 1:47pm. CSAM is the proper term you should be using. Also, this accused individual is a minor attracted person, not a pervert or predator. Viewing CSAM, while horrible, is not the same as one who physically acts on his impulses. We should all try to better understand the condition and have guarded sympathy for those who struggle with this affliction.

Anonymous said...

You are projecting pretty hard there, @2:08.

Anonymous said...

1:47 & 2:08(but types like the same person), you have got to be f'ing kidding me or epic troll job...

Anonymous said...

Dude, people posting a comment then waiting 30 minutes and posting again to highlight there previous comment (great point @..) is annoying. I swear I think it is the same dude on every post

Anonymous said...

Pretty sure 2:08 was being sarcastic 2:27.
Seemed pretty clear to me.

Ben in the Jack said...

Let's put him in general population in Parchman and let them understand his compulsions. They're a very accepting and inclusive bunch of scholars and gentlemen.

Anonymous said...

@11:49 could I clarify a few things? Not trying to start a "keyword kowboy" nerd war. However, just a few points of clarity.

LEO's can not circulate CSAM, that's illegal nor can we participate in "honeypot operations" that facilitate distribution of this egregious material. The only time I know a "honeypot" was used was in 2015 when FBI took over Playpen for 2 weeks, Operation Pacifier. This was court ordered by a US Magistrate for a short period of time to identify site admins from all over the world. The public didn't like it, the lawyers didn't like it, Law Enforcement didn't like it, and the victims whose images were allowed to be shared for 2 weeks surely didn't like it.

"They have every image fingerprinted with a digital hash". "They" in this context refers to law enforcement. Law Enforcement doesn't hash the files, hashing was created in the 50's by non LE, NIST standardized it. The next time you get an alert on your iPhone, "your iphone is going to be updated tonight", know that the update has downloaded to your phone and tonight, your phone is going to "hash" the download to make sure it is the right one and install it. That's why you get the message "verifying your update" before installation. It's hashing the downloaded update before installing.

"Very few humans have to look at it". GOD I HOPE THEY DON'T HAVE TO LOOK AT IT!!!!!! By humans, I think you mean non law enforcement. However, Law Enforcement, forensic examiners, analysts and prosecutors have to look at it to charge or prosecute. We can't charge, prosecute, investigate simply by the hash, we have to look at it (which sucks).

"Windows, macOS, Android, iOS all have the CSAM image hash check built into them now. They don’t upload your private images to the cloud. They just scan everything to check for hash matches." The devices you mention do not scan, as you mentioned. The ISP does when you upload/download/share. That's why Apple is in such hot water now, they spent years creating a system to stop the spread of CSAM using Apple Products. They scrapped the idea and chose a "privacy-first" approach.

"I know a bit about this did some contract work to improve the speed and accuracy of the algorithms that match hashes of known CSAM images. We didn’t have to work with the images, just the hashes." If this is true and you sped things up and made it more accurate expediting from Investigation/Search Warrant/Forensics to Prosecution, a huge thank you.

P.S. Butler (no relation to Mayor Hawkins-Butler, btw) fell through the cracks at the AG's Office, which is why it took 4 years to indict.

Anonymous said...

2:08 said, " individual is a minor attracted person, not a pervert."

Hey 2:08, I just fixed your mistake: "individual is a minor attracted person and thus he is a pervert."

Anonymous said...

I, don't have any sympathy for scum like that. I would put one of them down the same way I would a rabbi dog.

Anonymous said...

Who is we? Are you the prosecutor? How did you know it fell between the cracks? Really?

Ben in the Jack said...

5:42 makes a very articulate and well-informed comment. Response? "How do you know?" I just hurt myself rolling my eyes.

Anonymous said...

I served on a jury for a similar case in Rankin Co. a few years ago. Mr. Butler, if you are reading this, you should go ahead and plead out. If it's anything like the trial I served on, I promise you that the AG has a Wonderbread case (no holes), and you are going down. You can spare yourself the expense and spare some jurors the disgust of having to look at kiddie porn from your devices. OTOH, since you are dumb enough to keep multiple hard drives and devices filled with that crap, you are probably too stupid cop the plea.

5:42 Here said...

2:08, there are acronyms used for this with like minded individuals. MAP = Minor Attracted Person and NOMAP = Non Offending Minor Attracted Person.

@8:54 PM, not a prosecutor but well acquainted with these cases for over 10 years. This case did fall through the cracks and the timeline shows it. Investigation was Feb 2021 but no indictment for 4 years? In Madison with such a well know individual as the suspect?

The question to be answered, why he was indicted for 8 counts? That could shed some light on the extent of his culpability. And before Defense Attorneys mention "speedy trial issues", he wasn't arrested in 2021 so the 280 days doesn't apply. Would be a good argument for you to bilk the family, but you will lose. I think the lyrical poet Mr. Bigg wrote a song about taking it to trial.



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