A well-respected college dean is among 14 people busted in a child porn sting, the Lowndes County Sheriff’s Department said Monday.
Dr. Keith Walters, 44, was charged with three counts of obscene Internet contact with a child and one count of sexual exploitation of children using a computer device to seduce, entice or solicit a child.
Walters was placed on administrative leave and stripped of his title as Dean of the College of Science and Mathematics, the Valodosta Daily Times reported.
Walters and 13 other men were arrested on Feb. 6 and February 9 as part of Operation Broken Arrow, a joint operation between 18 law enforcement agencies, including the Georgia Bureau of Investigation (GBI).
The operation targeted men in chat rooms and other online websites. Lindsay Marchant, assistant special agent for the GBI, said “Every individual arrested during the operation believed they were going to a location to meet with a child and engage in prearranged sex acts.”
