FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. — A Pittsburgh man is facing federal charges in South Florida after federal agents said he was caught with child sexual abuse videos on his cellphone after disembarking a cruise ship at Port Everglades over the weekend.

Agents took Joseph Samuel Doria into custody on Saturday. Records show he’s set to appear in Fort Lauderdale federal court on Monday morning, his 28th birthday.

According to a federal criminal complaint, Doria had been referred to secondary inspection at the port’s U.S. Customs and Border Protection checkpoint after getting off the Regal Princess.

Customs officers searching Doria’s cellphone found “multiple images and videos” in Doria’s “Recently Deleted” folder depicting girls as young as toddlers being raped and sexually abused, the complaint states.

Authorities said Doria admitted to viewing the videos, saying he’s done so since he was 13. They said he also admitted to distributing the illicit material online and having a device back home that contains “a minimum of 100 videos and images” of child sexual abuse material.

Agents arrested Doria on charges related to the possession and transportation of child sexual abuse material.

As of Monday, records show he was being held in the Broward Sheriff’s Office Main Jail facility on behalf of the U.S. Marshals Service.

Cruise passenger caught with child sexual abuse videos at Port Everglades, feds say

Videos showed victims as young as toddlers, agents say

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