Blount County DA urges parents to monitor kids online after county employee charged with sex crime

Blount County DA urges parents to monitor kids online after county employee charged with sex crime FORWARD TONIGHT. AND I’M SORRY THAT SOMEBODY THAT’S SUPPOSED TO BE TRUSTED, SOMEBODY THAT’S SUPPOSED TO HAVE INTEGRITY. SOMEONE THAT’S SUPPOSED TO UPHOLD THE LAW. DID SOMETHING THIS HEINOUS. THAT WAS SHERIFF MARK MOON, JUST HOURS AFTER LEARNING ONE OF HIS OWN HAD BEEN CHARGED IN A CHILD SEX ABUSE CASE. THANKS FOR JOINING US TONIGHT AT TEN. I’M GUY RAWLINGS. THE SUSPECT IN QUESTION IS A NOW FORMER CORRECTIONS OFFICER ARRESTED BY THE ALABAMA LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY THIS MORNING. ACCORDING TO ALEA, THE INVESTIGATION BEGAN BACK IN JULY. ALEA SAYS IN THE LAST TWO MONTHS, THEY BELIEVE THIS MAN, CHRISTOPHER THOMPSON, USED SNAPCHAT TO SEND AND REQUEST EXPLICIT CONTENT WITH UNDERAGE GIRLS, ONE OF WHOM WAS IDENTIFIED AS BEING FROM ALABAMA. HE WORKED WITH THE BLOUNT COUNTY SHERIFF’S OFFICE SINCE AUGUST 2024 UNTIL TODAY, WHEN MOON ANNOUNCED HE’D BEEN FIRED. WVTM13’S ERIN LLEWELLYN REACHED OUT TO THE BLOUNT COUNTY DISTRICT ATTORNEY THIS EVENING. WHAT DID SHE TELL YOU? YEAH, GUY, BLOUNT COUNTY DISTRICT ATTORNEY PAMELA CASEY SAYS THAT THE SUSPECT, CHRISTOPHER THOMPSON, WAS GROOMING THE GIRLS THAT HE WAS TALKING TO ONLINE AND
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