An Atlanta doctor charged with child molestation and practicing without a license is now accused of having pornographic images on his computer, according to police.
Kelly Burton Thrasher, 41, of Sandy Springs, has been charged with four counts of sexual exploitation of a minor, Sandy Springs police Sgt. Ron Momon said today. The additional charges were added after investigators found the images on Thrasher’s laptop, Momon said.
Last month, Thrasher was the subject of a nationwide manhunt when he failed to show up for a meeting with detectives to surrender on identity fraud and forgery charges, according to police. Investigators believe Thrasher had obtained a passport under a false name.
Tips led police to a Miami hotel, where they said they found Thrasher with $30,000. He was later extradited and booked into the Fulton County jail May 28, record showed. Thrasher was being held today without bond.
Thrasher is currently under criminal indictment in Fulton County for alleged child molestation following a police investigation in November 2012. In January, he was again arrested and charged by the state medical board with practicing medicine without a license after the board received numerous complaints, police said. Thrasher allegedly was seeing patients in his office in violation of the medical board's suspension of his license pending the disposition of the earlier cases.
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