WEST PALM BEACH, Fla. (CBS12) — After a West Palm Beach teen was caught allegedly uploading child pornography to Snapchat and Discord, he told deputies it was because he "thought it was funny."

The Palm Beach County Sheriff's Office (PBSO) said that on November 1, 2024, deputies launched an investigation into two Cyber Tip reports from the National Center of Missing and Exploited Children (NMEC) regarding images of child pornography.

Through the investigation, deputies uncovered that on October 15 and 18 of 2024, Discord and Snapchat reported that a user had uploaded a file of child pornography to each platform.

PBSO said that they were able to identify Austin Poignant as the user by tracing the IP address.

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Through digging through Poignant's, 19, Snapchat chats, deputies reported finding a conversation between a user and Poignant, where he said he got banned from Discord for sending a "not so good child image in a DM chat as a joke."

Deputies reportedly asked Poignant why he thought it was funny, to which he replied, "I have a really messed-up sense of humor."

When deputies searched through Poignant's devices, they reported locating several images of young boys. However, they were not classified as child pornography.

Poignant has been accused of possession of child pornography and two counts of sharing child pornography.

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