Basically, here's a career criminal/drug addict that came across some terrible photos from a safe he robbed that he anonymously turned over to police. The photos resulted in a child molestation conviction and 30 years for one man. The career criminal faces life. The option of what penalty to seek was left to the prosecutor's office.
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http://www.mercurynews.com/mld/mercu...s/14523007.htm
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Risking a life term to protect a child
CONVICTED BURGLAR TURNS OVER SEX-CRIME EVIDENCE FROM STOLEN PROPERTY
By Sean Webby
Mercury News
Matthew Ryan Hahn glared in disbelief at the digital photographs of a man molesting a girl. She was only a year old, maybe 2.
The next thing to do would be obvious -- call police. But Hahn had been convicted of burglary more than once. And the memory card on which he discovered the photos came from a stolen safe.
Hahn knew being nabbed for another crime could make him a three-striker and send him to prison for life. But the images were burned into his mind. One photo showed some freshly overturned earth -- could the little girl already have been killed and buried?
After a sleepless night, Hahn took the card, placed it inside a pink change purse and attached a typewritten note. It said: ``Please remove this animal from the streets.''
He wrapped the whole thing in a package that he jammed into a random mailbox. It was addressed to the Los Gatos Police Department.....
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