I too saw his Facebook posts. I had to un-follow him to avoid seeing some of the really inappropriate things he would post.

I hope he becomes a better person through all this. And any harm done to others is minimized.

I've been involved in cases like this as well. Being an ISP for many years, we worked with various Federal agencies to catch people like this. I can't speculate as to what affected JT, but if I were to guess, it was likely one of two things... he fell into some kind of kiddy porn honey pot set up by the Feds, or he interacted with an agent pretending to be someone underage and tried to set up a meeting. That's usually what triggers actions and search warrants. Although it also could have been a family member discovering material and reporting it to the authorities. In the first two cases, they wouldn't even begin to pursue someone unless they'd already clearly established the perp knew the material or person was underage and still made definitive actions.

In fairness, the stuff that bothered me had little to do with politics as much as it was about hate and intolerance.

Which is one reason why if these charges are true, it seems fairly consistent with what I've seen in the past. A disregard for the welfare and respect of others, especially those who are innocent and undeserving of being mistreated.

It's also worth noting that no single person, especially in the context of the major manufacturers, creates a pinball machine. The lead designer is one of a whole team of people that play a role in the development of a game. It would be unfair to pan any historical game simply because one of several dozen people on the development team may have done something bad.