A Seattle man employed as an engineer at Bill and Melinda Gates\u2019 home is now accused of amassing a 6,000-image child pornography collection and trading child rape photos by\u00a0Gmail.<\/p>\n
King County prosecutors say Rick Allen Jones admitted he\u2019d been collecting child rape videos and photos for a decade before police intervened in March. According to police, Jones, 51, was first contacted by police at the Microsoft founder\u2019s estate while working for the billionaire\u00a0couple.<\/p>\n
Jones drew investigators\u2019 attention in late 2013 after sharing a suspicious photo through Google\u2019s email service. According to charging papers, the photo captured the sexual exploitation of two pre-teen\u00a0boys.<\/p>\n
Investigators tracked the image to Jones\u2019 Ballard apartment, which they searched on March 20, a Seattle Police Department detective said in court papers. Jones was not there at the time, but investigators learned he was likely working at the Medina\u00a0home.<\/p>\n