A former deputy with the White County Sheriff’s Office pleaded guilty Monday to charges of producing child pornography, the U.S. Attorney’s Office announced Tuesday.
Christopher Thomas Davis, 32, of Dahlonega made the plea in federal court after a jury had been chosen on the first day of his trial. He was indicted last September.
According to the information presented in court, Davis took photographs of a 6-year-old girl engaged in sexually explicit conduct inside his home in May and June 2009. In August 2011, federal agents said they found hundreds of additional images of child pornography on a laptop and an external hard drive at Davis’ home.
Davis worked for the White County Sheriff’s Office at the time of the crime and when he was arrested but has since been fired.
“He violated the trust of the 6-year old victim, who he was charged with protecting, and betrayed the trust of his community by committing this heinous act while employed as [a] sworn law enforcement officer,” U.S. Attorney Sally Quillian Yates said in a news release.
Davis’ sentencing hearing is scheduled for Nov. 27. He could receive a maximum sentence of 30 years in prison, a $250,000 fine and supervised release for life. Upon release, he must register as a sex offender.
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