A border patrol officer based in the Twin Cities has become the latest in a "rash" of Minnesota law enforcement agents and public officials charged with sexual crimes against children.

Anthony Crowley, 52, of Minnetonka, an employee of U.S. Customs and Border Protection, has been charged at the federal level for allegedly knowingly possessing "one or more matters which contained visual depictions of a minor engaging in sexually explicit conduct."

It comes just days after an Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agent based in Eagan with the production of child sexual abuse material, and less than a month after a Minnesota state trooper was charged with state and federal child porn offenses.

"In recent months, we have seen a rash of agents, officers, and public officials engaging in

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