In most situations, before police officers in Pittsburgh can search a person's house, they must obtain a search warrant. In addition, before officers can obtain a search warrant, they must produce evidence showing they have reason to believe they will find incriminating evidence in the person's home.

There have been instances when criminal cases were thrown out because judges ruled that the evidence was obtained illegally. Regardless, one man is currently facing charges for possession of child pornography after two burglars allegedly found a stash in the man's house and turned it over to the police.

An article on Fox News reported that two teenagers broke into a man's house and stole 50 CD-Rs. The man reported the stolen items. However, the burglars did the same thing.

When the teens tried to use the CDs to burn music, they allegedly discovered that more than 30 of them contained child porn. They reported the porn to the sheriff's department, and investigators obtained a search warrant to search the man's property.

After searching the property, investigators found three desktop computers and three laptops. At this point, it has not been confirmed that there is illegal pornography on the computers. However, authorities believe the man has been downloading child porn since 2004.

The man was arrested and booked into jail for possession of child pornography. If he was convicted in Pennsylvania, he could face time in prison or years on the sex offender registry -- all because of evidence that was obtained when two teenagers where burglarizing his house.

Source: Fox News, "Burglars Stumble Upon Man's Child Porn Stash, Turn Him In," Oct. 6, 2011