According to a press release from the Janesville Police Department, “In February of 2025, the Janesville Police Department received information that a juvenile was receiving inappropriate messages from an adult.   Numerous search warrants were served on electronic service providers and Carter J. Powers, a 26-year-old Janesville resident, was developed as the suspect.  
 
Powers was arrested on June 9th, 2025 in the 4100 block of Kennedy Road in the City of Janesville.  Officers from the Janesville Street Crimes Unit and detectives from the Janesville and Whitewater Police Departments assisted in his arrest and a search warrant at his residence.”

Whitewater Police Chief Dan Meyer confirmed to The Whitewater Banner that “a minor residing in Whitewater was a victim in this case.”

Powers has been charged with five counts of Possession of Child Pornography, a felony. He was released from the Rock County Jail on a $10,000 cash bond., with conditions of no intentional contact with any minors, not to possess any electronic device that can access internet, and not to be on any social media websites.