Boca Raton firefighter arrested on possession of child sex abuse material, officials say

A Boca Raton Fire Rescue officer was arrested on Thursday after being accused of possessing child sex abuse material The National Center for Missing and Exploited Children received a cyber tip on September of reporting a user for uploading multiple files depicting children ranging from the ages of three and ten engaged in sexual suggestive and explicit acts oftentimes with adult men One month later the tip was assigned to the Miami-Dade Sheriff s Office Internet Crimes Against Children Unit via the South Florida ICAC Task Force and Broward Sheriff s Office Through multiple legal processes it was proven that the owner and user of the released account was -year-old Alejandro Fernandez Callegari a Boca Raton firefighter who had been with the force for over years MDSO Special Sufferers Bureau detectives as well as MDSO Kendall District Uniform Patrol confronted the suspect at his address where he was promptly arrested after refusing to speak to detectives He has since been transported to Turner Guilford Correctional Center In a comment the City of Boca Raton disclosed The City of Boca Raton has been made aware of the arrest of Mr Callegari on charges related to child pornography The employee has been placed on administrative leave These serious charges do not reflect the values or standards of conduct we uphold for all City employees As this matter involves an functioning criminal assessment no further comment will be provided at this time