Pedophile Arrested for Producing Child Pornography

The power of the internet as a crime-fighting tool has led authorities to a suspected pedophile.

Interpol -- an international police agency -- had searched for more than a year for the suspect in a child pornography case.

But, as Allan Chernoff reports, as soon as they posted his picture on the internet, leads came in.

AROUND MIDNIGHT LAST NIGHT FEDERAL AGENTS ARRESTED SUSPECTED CHILD SEX OFFENDER WAYNE NELSON CORLISS AT HIS HOME IN UNION CITY, NEW JERSEY.

ONLY TWO DAYS EARLIER THE U-S AND INTERPOL- THE INTERNATIONAL POLICE ORGANIZATION- ISSUED ONLINE PLEAS FOR HELP IN LOCATING CORLISS.

AGENTS BELIEVE HE IS THE MAN IN 100 PICTURES CIRCULATING ON THE INTERNET HAVING SEX WITH YOUNG BOYS -- AGES 6 THROUGH 10-- IN THAILAND.

THE PHOTOS WERE FOUND ON THE COMPUTER OF A CONVICTED PEDOPHILE IN NORWAY.

WITHIN A DAY OF THE PLEA FOR HELP 1/4 OF A MILLION PEOPLE CHECKED THE PHOTO ONLINE...AND THREE CRUCIAL TIPS LED IMMIGRATION AND CUSTOMS ENFORCEMENT AGENTS TO CORLISS' HOME. NEIGHBORS WERE STUNNED.

"It's a shock, that its someone in the building, and you know someone everybody knew!"

LAST OCTOBER A SIMILAR ONLINE INTERPOL PLEA LED TO THE ARREST IN THAILAND OF A SUSPECTED SEX OFFENDER, CHRISTOPHER PAUL NEIL,

WHO IS NOW IN A THAI JAIL FACING CHILD SEX ABUSE CHARGES TO WHICH HE HAS PLED NOT GUILTY.

FEDERAL PROSECUTORS ARE CHARGING CORLISS WITH 'COERCING A MINOR TO ENGAGE IN SEXUALLY EXPLICIT CONDUCT' FOR THE PURPOSE OF PRODUCING CHILD PORNOGRAPHY, A CRIME FOR WHICH HE COULD FACE 20-YEARS IN PRISON.