U-M resident physician had child porn at hospital and home, police say

Jenson, who is in his fourth year studying internal medicine and pediatrics, could not be reached for comment this afternoon. His attorney, Joe Simon, declined comment.

University police spokeswoman Diane Brown said today that the investigation began Nov. 18 when hospital security staff reported they had suspicions of a resident physician possessing child porn.

A formal investigation was launched three days later, Brown said, and child porn was ultimately found on a USB drive that had been used on computer equipment kept in a restricted area at the hospital.

Jenson was among a number of employees who had access to that equipment, Brown said. On Dec. 2, police executed a search warrant at Jenson's home and seized computers and other equipment, recovering more child porn, police said.

University police arrested Jenson at his home Friday morning. Brown said the investigation is ongoing, but there is no evidence Jenson had contact with any of the children in the images. Jenson remains employed, but his clinical privileges have been suspended, said Kara Gavin, a health system spokeswoman. Records show Jenson's annual salary is roughly $50,000.

Magistrate Mark Nelson released Jenson on a promise to appear, provided he complies with a number of bond conditions. Those conditions include that Jenson surrender his passport, wear a GPS monitoring device, not contact children, not use the Internet and not travel out of state without permission from the court.

Each count of possessing child sexually abusive material is punishable, upon conviction, by up to four years in prison.

Jenson is scheduled to return to court for a preliminary hearing Dec. 28.