Child porn believed to be found in car

-- A paroled sex offender was arrested after a sheriff's deputy found drugs, weapons and what appeared to be child pornography in the trunk of his car during a traffic stop, authorities said.

Stephan Anthony Algeo, 49, of Joshua Tree was arrested Friday on Highway 62 near Linda Lee Drive, according to a San Bernardino County Sheriff's Department news release.

A deputy pulled him over about 10:20 a.m. on suspicion of speeding on the desert highway. When the deputy learned Algeo was a registered sex offender, he searched his car.

According to the news release, the deputy found a glass methamphetamine pipe in the car and a loaded .22-caliber revolver, an illegal brass-knuckle knife, suspected marijuana, methamphetamine, and several pictures depicting girls in pornographic poses in the trunk. --