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Most suspected cyber-pervs give up quietly when authorities come knocking, judging from the many arrest reports we’ve read.
Teddy Jay Blair, 53, of Phoenix, put up some resistance during a Wednesday raid, records show, refusing to drop a knife and trying to run from agents.
An FBI agent discovered in March that Blair had been downloading and sharing child-porn videos on the GigaTribe file-sharing network, according to court records. After gathering enough evidence from Internet servers, agents served a warrant on Blair’s Phoenix home.
Two agents burst through Blair’s door and found him in the kitchen holding a knife, records state. When Blair wouldn’t respond to commands to drop the weapon, one of the agents holstered his firearm and removed his Taser.
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Blair broke for another room but was stopped short by a Taser strike to his back. He fell forward and hit his face, scraping his chin and nose. Because of the attempt to flee, a judge ordered Blair detained until trial.
The feds are seeking two charges against Blair: distributing child-porn and possessing it.
