APOPKA, Fla. - A father didn't expect his purchase of a laptop computer for his daughter to include pornography.
Terry Harbor bought the computer from Value Pawn in Apopka for his 13-year-old daughter. He hoped it would provide some entertainment and assist her with homework.
But Harbor said the computer was packed with sexually explicit pictures and personal information about the previous owner.
"I was shocked," sixth-grader Tiffany Harbor said.
Tiffany got an unwanted eyeful while trying to download music on the computer. She discovered pictures of naked men, pool parties and explicit online chats saved on the hard drive from the prior owner.
"I said, 'Dad, I'm seeing stuff on this computer I don't like,'" Tiffany Harbor said.
"She was pretty traumatized over it," Terry Harbor said. "She clicked on one of them, and it showed men with men."
Terry Harbor said he told the salesperson it was for a young girl, and she assured him the computer was clean. He said he reported the problem to a manager, who said there was nothing he could do.
Harbor said he then called for technical support.
"They just started finding more pictures," he said.
Technicians even found a file with the former owner's tax return, filled with Social Security and checking account numbers, an address and salary information.
It could have turned into an identity thief's dream come true.
"You've really got to be careful what you buy," Terry Harbor said.
An assistant manager at Value Pawn would only say they do clean hard drives, but it wasn't enough to satisfy the father.
"Someone should pay for this mistake," Terry Harbor said. "Who's this going to happen to next time?"
Technical support personnel said when buying or selling a computer, use the manufacturer's restoration disk to wipe the computer clean or have a professional do it.
Police said that in a similar situation they should be called to make sure children aren't depicted in the pornography.
