Former Rep. Councilman arrested at MIA airport with thousands of child sëx abuse videos on phone

A former member of the New York City Council — who left office in disgrace leading up to a federal bribery conviction — is now in the feds’ crosshairs again: this time in South Florida. Agents said they caught Dan Halloran, 54, with as many as 1,000 videos of child sexµal abuse material hidden on his iPhone as he was changing planes at Miami International Airport, headed back to New York on Saturday. He served on the council from 2010 to 2013 and made a failed run for Congress in 2012 as the Republican nominee in the state’s 6th district.

According to a federal criminal complaint obtained by Local 10 News on Tuesday, U.S. Customs and Border Protection officers pulled Halloran, whose full name is Daniel James Halloran III, aside for a device inspection after he got off of an American Airlines flight from Camagüey, Cuba. Customs officers are allowed to search cellphones and other electronic devices at ports of entry without probable cause or a warrant under the “border search exception.”

Authorities said they first found about 35 child sexµal abuse videos in a hidden folder on his iPhone. Videos described in the complaint were those of “prepubescent” girls being victimized. Authorities said he told them that about “two-thirds to three-quarters” of the 1,362 videos in his hidden album depicted child sexµal abuse.

It’s familiar confines for Halloran, who served a federal prison sentence for bribery and conspiracy in connection with an election-rigging scandal. He was convicted in 2014, sentenced in 2015 and served five years of a 10-year federal prison term before being released halfway amid the COVID-19 pandemic.

Ex-NYC Councilman Dan Halloran arrested at Florida Miami airport on child sex abuse charges


Back to prison you go, scumbag