EL CAJON, Calif. (KGTV) — The El Cajon Police Department says it arrested a homeless man early Wednesday morning on possession charges of child pornography and drugs.
According to police, officers found the 37-year-old Escondido man sleeping in his vehicle in the 800 block of Broadway in El Cajon around 2:50 a.m. Wednesday. The press release says officers contacted the man, identified as Alexander Ingles, about a vehicle code violation, and they learned he was on probation related to drug sales and previously possessing child porn.
When officers did a compliance search, they found graphic images of child porn on Ingles' phone, as well as a "usable amount" of methamphetamine on his person, ECPD says.
He was booked into the San Diego County Jail on multiple felony charges and for violating the terms of his probation.
