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In 1804 Beethoven sat down at a keyboard. When he was finished he had produced his fifth symphony – considered to be one of the most perfect pieces of music ever written. In 2009, Agent Dan Ogden also sat down at a keyboard…a computer keyboard, and when he had finished, a man who was abusing local children was apprehended, and the suffering of his victims had come to an end.

Ogden orchestrated the manhunt. With county, state and federal agencies acting in concert, he directed the search for a man who was tricking young girls into sending him nude images of themselves. Threading his way through the back alleys of the virtual world, the Brevard Sheriff’s Investigator was able to track down a flesh-and-blood predator.

In January, police found over three thousand photos and nearly two thousand videos of kiddie porn in the home of fifty-two, year-old William Ciccotto. Even more disturbing, they learned that the Micco resident had located some of the children and was stalking them near their homes.

Ogden built a case so strong that the suspect had no choice but to confess fully and plead guilty in Federal Court. The crescendo came on September 17, 2010, when William Ciccotto was sentenced to serve thirty years in prison for his offenses.

To the ears of his victims, this must have been a sweet sound indeed.

On November 20th, his neighbors in Brevard County will gather to honor Dan Ogden. They will assemble in Cocoa, as they do each year, at Junny Rios-Martinez Park. At noon he will be given the “Junny Award” as this year’s consummate child protector.

Both the park and the award bear the name of an eleven year-old boy who was murdered by a child molester. Junny’s mom, Mrs. Vicki Rios-Martinez, will present the accolade to “Maestro Ogden”, in recognition of children who were rescued, and in remembrance of one child who was not.

We will tell the story again that day. We will play the strains of Ogden’s First Symphony and await, with anxious expectation, the Magnum Opus that is sure to come.