The father-in-law of Enrique of England, Thomas Markle, has been arrested again this Tuesday accused of tampering with the electronic tracking device he had been wearing on his ankle since his arrest last week as part of an investigation into possession of child pornography.
Sources from the U.S. Department of Justice have told the British public broadcaster BBC that Markle had to appear before a federal district judge in Tampa (Florida) after allegedly removing the electronic ankle monitor at 7:45 a.m. today.
Until now, Markle had remained under house arrest with the ankle shackle, but following this new arrest the magistrate has ordered his committal to prison without the option of bail, so he is already in federal custody.
The first arrest, last Friday, took place at the Maravida nursing home, after authorities found child pornography material in two properties linked to Markle in Mexico and the Philippines.
Also, in two other storage rooms located in Los Angeles (California), rented by Markle since 2008, “the agents seized approximately 78 items, including slides, film negatives, and books that contained material that was allegedly sexually explicit”.