Pulitzer Prize-Winning Cartoonist and Trump Critic Arrested for Child Pornography

Karen Boykin-Towns, Vice-Chair of NAACP Board of Directors, editorial cartoonist Darrin Bell, and CEO of NAACP Derrick Johnson during the NAACP Image Awards Nominees Brunch at Fairmont Century Plaza in Los Angeles, California, on Feb. 25, 2024. Leon Bennett/Getty Images for NAACP

The Sacramento Valley Internet Crimes Against Children Detectives (ICAC) has arrested 49-year-old Darrin Bell, a Pulitzer Prize-winning editorial cartoonist.

The ICAC, a Sacramento County Sheriff’s Office division in Sacramento, California, published a statement on social media platform X on Thursday stating that it arrested Bell on Wednesday morning after “a residential search at Bell’s home.”