State cop faces child-porn charges

Published June 8, 2007 4:00am ET



A Maryland state trooper was arrested Thursday night after federal officials identified his address in an ongoing investigation of online child pornography traffic.

Trooper First Class Brian Murphy, 34, of Boonsboro was apprehended by state police at his residence shortly after 9 p.m. Thursday and charged with 10 counts of possessing pornographic images of children.

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