TWENTYNINE PALMS —The California Highway Patrol (CHP) has arrested a 53-year-old man following a months-long investigation that uncovered one of the largest known collections of child sexual abuse material (CSAM) linked to a single suspect in California.The investigation began in June 2024, when investigators from the CHP’s Computer Crimes Investigation Unit (CCIU) identified an Internet Protocol (IP) address involved in large-scale CSAM downloads. Over the course of the investigation, CHP investigators obtained more than 300 gigabytes of suspected CSAM linked to the suspect — one of the largest volumes associated with a single individual in the state at the time.On Aug. 21, 2024, CCIU investigators, with assistance from the CHP Inland Division Investigative Services Unit (IS
