KALAMA Wash. (KPTV) - A 41-year-old Kalama man was arrested Wednesday for having and sharing images of child sexual abuse material (CSAM), according to the Cowlitz County Sheriff’s Office.

On Monday, CCSO detectives were given tips about internet accounts linked to an address in Kalama that were allegedly sending, receiving, and storing CSAM.

Using search warrants and subpoenas, investigators were given access to accounts allegedly belonging to Thomas George Jude by the internet companies. According to CCSO, detectives found CSAM in Jude’s accounts, along with videos they say appeared to have been secretly recorded by hidden cameras at a home.

On Wednesday, CCSO served a warrant at Jude’s home, seizing phones, a laptop computer and small surveillance cameras, they said.

Jude was arrest

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