A vice squad detective from Winchester testified Monday that an informant linked him up with a Smyrna, Ga., man who offered to bring drugs and a child for a "slamming party."

Detective Chris Lane testified at a sentencing hearing in Federal Court in Chattanooga for Gary Edward Salles, 58, a former IBM employee.

The hearing was adjourned until Feb. 16 so that Judge Sandy Mattice can review some of the evidence.

Salles was arrested along with Mickey Lattimore in Winchester in January of 2009 for selling meth and dealing in child pornography.

After several rulings on Monday, Salles is facing a guideline range of 168-210 months in federal prison. However, the judge can go above or below that range.

Detective Lane said a man who had been convicted on federal charges, Ben Elliott, advised him he knew a man in Georgia who was selling meth.

The detective said he began Internet chats with Salles, posing as an associate of Elliott. He said Salles asked him if he wanted to take part in "slamming." The witness said, "I had no idea what that was."

He said he learned that Salles was referring to a party in which men engaged in sexual acts with children.

The detective said Salles offered to bring a child to Winchester for such a party, but he advised him he should not bring a child, but that he would secure him.

He said Salles and Lattimore showed up in Winchester at a motel. He said they were unaware they were meeting with members of the Winchester and Franklin Police Departments as well as FBI.

The witness said Salles brought an ounce of crystal meth as well as a CD that had child pornography on it. He said Salles showed the pornography to the group. He said Salles bragged that he had "thousands more" of such films. He said he paid Salles $2,000 for the meth and child pornography. Afterward, the two men were taken into custody.

Detective Lane said Salles had told him he had his own website that featured child pornography. He said Salles said he could not be detected because he only kept the material on the server for a short time while he was showing it to someone.

The detective said he went to the site, with other officers in the room with him, and saw a video of a little girl performing oral sex on a man and a little boy involved in sex with a man.

He said Salles told him he did not produce any of the videos, but he knew people who did, including a man named Axle, who had taught his three boys how to be involved in child pornography films.

Salles told the detective he could provide a child for a "slamming party" for $10,000.

He said Salles said "he could bring a little boy for us to play with. He said to get inside the party you would have to bring a little brother or a nephew."

It was testified that Salles, who had lost his job at IBM about a year earlier, also worked as a photographer. He was also a gay activist in the Atlanta area.

Mark Smith, an FBI agent from Knoxville who specializes in examining computers, said he found 14,649 images of what he believed to be child pornography on Salles' computer and back-up discs.

He said many of those were duplicates, but there over 1,000 original still pictures and 127 videos.

He said Salles referred to himself as "Rocky" on the Internet.

The agent said in one email Salles said, "Let's grab a little boy and slam and play with him."