The Jefferson County Sheriff’s Office has arrested a 57-year-old rural Ashley man for child pornography.
Robert Paul of North Riddle Lane was arrested when coming to the sheriff’s office to inquire why deputies were at his home earlier in the day on Friday.
The arrest was a result of a Sheriff’s Office investigation initiated on July 4th, 2023 when JCSO members of the Internet Crimes Against Children Task Force received cyber-tip-line information from the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children about suspected child pornography. The information led to multiple search warrants for electronic records and eventually a search warrant for Paul’s home on September 8th.
Multiple pieces of evidence were collected and seized. Electronic pieces of evidence collected were forensically analyzed.
On September 26th, 2023, the case file was forwarded to the States Attorney’s Office requesting felony charges against Paul.
