VIRGINIA BEACH, Va. (WAVY) -- According to court documents, a Navy Chief Petty Officer admitted to having and creating child sex abuse material while living in Virginia Beach.

38-year-old CPO Shane Harlacher had been stationed in Hampton Roads several times since 2005, but most recently was stationed at Naval Station Norfolk.

In September of 2025, court documents said Harlacher entered a guilty plea acknowledging sexual explicit material he recorded of a 13-year-old girl inside a Virginia Beach home. According to court records, Harlacher signed a statement of facts, agreeing with the evidence prosecutors had against him.

Prosecutors said in 2024 they searched Harlacher while he was in Italy and found almost 150 files of minors engaging in sexually explicit conduct on his phone.

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