Inside DemocRAT Kiddie Porn Criminal Bernie Ward's online chats (Yes,better known as the Lion of the

Inside DemocRAT Kiddie Porn Criminal Bernie Ward's online chats (Yes,

better known as the Lion of the Left)

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SAN FRANCISCO (KGO) -- The ABC7 I-Team has the inside story of what

lead up to the arrest of popular talk-radio host, Bernie Ward, on

federal child pornography charges. It's an investigation you'll see

Only On 7. We warn you that some of the information is graphic.

Bernie Ward got indicted in December and got fired from his job at KGO

Radio, effective at the end of last year. Now, police reports just

obtained by the I-Team tell us who blew the whistle on Ward, and how

he came to send the woman child porn, by his own admission.

The case against Bernie Ward began with a phone call to the Oakdale

Police Department, just outside Modesto.

Story continues belowAdvertisement"We received a report from a local

resident of Oakdale that she had gotten an e-mail message and

pornographic material involving juveniles," says Chief Marty West with

the Oakdale Police Department.

The woman gave police the photographs and a transcript of her online

conversation with Bernie Ward.

It's Christmas week, three years ago. Ward's on his home computer

using the screen name "Vincentlio." He begins the chat with "Good

afternoon, mistress." The woman using the name "Sexfairy" answers,

"How was your day, slave?" In explicit detail, Ward describes being

humiliated sexually. At one point, he asks, "Are you going to make me

feel dirty, mistress?" "Sexfairy" answers, "Yes, I am."

Ward discusses group sex he had at an infamous porn theater in San

Mateo. Then, nearly an hour into the conversation, he brings up

photographs, "I love trading pictures." "Sexfairy" answers, "and why

haven't I gotten any pics, slave? Send me some."

Ward sends several pictures -- one of a woman and two children. Ward

describes her as a mother in her late thirties, she's topless. He says

the naked boy is 14, that the girl wearing clothes is 12. They're all

touching in a sexual way.

"Sexfairy" writes, "brb," (be right back). A half hour later, she's on

the phone with police, reporting Bernie Ward for child porn. They tell

her to keep chatting with Ward.

"It would be important to the case to gather as much information as

possible in support of bringing charges against the person that's

sending these pornographic messages," says Chief West.

In the days that follow, "Sexfairy" asks Ward for more pictures -- he

complies. Then, police get a search warrant for Ward's AOL account. E-

mail sent and received by "Vincentlio" had pictures attached.

An investigator writes, "several of the photographs depicted children

engaged in or simulating sexual acts with adults or other children."

The ages of the children in the pictures -- four to 17 years old.

"Bernie is an upstanding pillar of the community," says Jeannette

Boudreau, Ward's civil attorney.

Ward's criminal defense and civil attorneys declined to be interviewed

on camera Wednesday. However, they repeated what they've said from the

beginning -- that Ward was doing research for a book.

"Whatever he did was inadvertent, it was something that was a

violation maybe of the letter of the law, but certainly the one thing

Bernie is not is a child pornographer. He's not a child molester,"

Boudreau told us in December of 2007.

They also now say Ward was role-playing during the online chats with

"Sexfairy" and that all details of his sexual activity were 100-

percent false. The former KGO Radio host is facing two counts for

distribution of child pornography and one count for receipt of child

porn.

With a jury trial set for June, ABC7 legal analyst, Dean Johnson, says

the transcript of the Internet chats knocks down Ward's claim that he

was researching a book.

"That's very bad news for Bernie because in these messages we not only

have an almost systematic knocking down of every defense that could be

raised to possession or distribution of child pornography," says

Johnson.

Also, from the federal case file, we learned Ward's conditions of

release on his $250,000 bond. He surrendered his passport. He's

confined to his home with electronic monitoring -- he can leave only

for work and to drive his children to and from school. His computer

use is limited to his employment and he cannot have unsupervised

contact with minors other than his children.

A difficult time for Ward, now, and a grim outlook for his future.

"If these Internet conversations are accurate, if they're truthful, if

they correctly reflect what Bernie said, Bernie is potentially in a

lot of trouble," says Johnson.

There's so much more in the police report that we can't discuss

because it's just too graphic. Federal prosecutors declined to be

interviewed for this report. We've been unable so far to contact the

woman known as "Sexfairy." I did reach Bernie Ward directly and he

says he would like to tell his side of the story, but he has to take

his attorneys' advice not to talk.

There are more new details of the case in the I-Team blog here.

Have a tip on this or another investigation? E-mail the ABC7 I-Team or

call 1-888-40-I-TEAM.

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