On October 7th, 2026, Detectives with the Levy County Sheriff’s Office ICAC and Sexual Offender Unit arrested Evan Douglas McQuiston on probable cause stemming from a Cyber Tip received from the National Center of Missing and Exploited Children charging McQuiston with an initial 20 counts of Possession of Child Pornography (CSAM) and 1 count of Unlawful use of a Two-Way Communication Device. During the initial interview with detectives McQuiston provided several incriminating statements in relation to possessing and downloading CSAM to a cellular device in his possession at the time of his arrest.
Detectives executed search warrants of the residence and of a cellular device used by McQuiston where Detective Blake Landfair located several more images and videos of confirmed CSAM including those of toddler age children. On October 23rd, 2026 Detective Landfair charged McQuiston with an additional 20 counts of Possession of Child Pornography (CSAM) where at his first appearance he received a 500,000.00 dollar bond.
McQuiston is being held at the Levy County Detention Center on 1,050,000.00 dollar bond.
