Why Is the Shoals Home to So Much Child Porn & Sex Abuse? Part II

Several weeks ago we blogged on one of our regular bad boys. We immediately received e-mails that this man was just misunderstood and a really nice guy. We also received messages that he has numerous child porn pics on his phone.

We contacted a local law enforcement agency who said the info would be turned over to the right people. Since then, this man has been arrested twice, but not for possession of child pornography. 

Why? Authorities can't just walk up and search anyone's phone or burst in and look at the contents of one's laptop. We imagine many sick individuals in the Shoals possess what's commonly called kiddie porn, but have been careful to make sure the photos are shared in ways that can't be monitored.

These images have never been sent over the Internet? Why? Did they originate locally? That's something for all of us to think about. There's a difference in someone remarking out of politeness that your child is cute and someone who asks if he or she can spend time alone with your little darling. Here's a news flash: Most people don't want to keep your children unless it's a dire emergency or they're richly paid to do so. Remember that.

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You may have read about a large furniture manufacturing concern shutting down in Verona, Mississippi, about 50 miles west of Hamilton. One former employee has been featured on international news, along with photos of her husband and children.

At first we wondered what a bat was doing amid a Christmas display (possibly in Tupelo?). Then we looked more closely and realized it wasn't a bat; it was Tuscumbia's old friend Krampus. That demon really gets around this time of year.