SBI arrests Atmore man who uploaded photos of nude, partially nude juveniles
By DON FLETCHER
News Staff Writer
Agents with the Alabama Law Enforcement Agency’s State Bureau of Investigation (SBI) arrested an Atmore man July 17 on a five-count warrant charging him with possession of child pornography with intent to disseminate.
Micah Matthew Mobley, 28, was jailed after an SBI investigation turned up five photos of nude and semi-nude female juveniles on the computer at his Wooten Road residence, just east of Ala. 21 North, a few miles from Rivercane.
A forensic examination of the computer revealed that a JPEG file Mobley uploaded to a Dropbox account contained photos of “prepubescent females,” including one that featured two young girls in full frontal nudity.
Mobley remained in the Escambia County Detention Center early Tuesday morning, July 30, after District Court Judge Eric Coale set bond at $300,000. If Mobley — for whom a lawyer was appointed by the court — makes bond, he must have no contact with anyone under the age of 18 and he may not possess any electronic devices, guns or other deadly weapons.
He is charged with five counts of possession of child pornography with intent to disseminate, a charge that could upon conviction result in a sentence of 2-20 years on each count, along with lifelong registration as a sex offender if he is convicted of even one count.
Alabama Criminal Code provides that: “Any person who knowingly possesses with intent to disseminate any child sexual abuse material shall be guilty of a Class B felony. Any transfer of child sexual abuse material from any electronic device to any other device, program, application, or any other place with storage capability that can be made available or is accessible by other users, is prima facie evidence of possession with intent to disseminate.”
According to Alabama Criminal Lawyers website, state law describes child pornography as “any material that contains a depiction of a person under the age of seventeen engaged in sexual conduct.” State law, the site says, provides that “possession of three or more copies of the same image of child pornography satisfies the requirement for a distribution charge.”