A man was arrested Tuesday in DeKalb County, Alabama, on child porn charges after an 11-year-old boy who had been reported missing earlier in the day was found with him at a hotel.
Douglas Brooks Hamilton, 42, was booked Tuesday at the Boaz City Jail on a charge of production of child pornography, Boaz Assistant Police Chief Walter Colbert said in a statement on the department’s Facebook page. Colbert said DeKalb County sheriff’s deputies and Collinsville police assisted in the arrest. Hamilton also has been charged with kidnapping, first-degree, officials said.
Investigators and prosecutors believe the boy is not the subject of any alleged pornographic material, police Chief Josh Gaskin told the Sand Mountain Reporter newspaper in Albertville on Tuesday.
Douglas Brooks HamiltonNo information was released on the number or age of any alleged victims.
Authorities also have charged a 32-year-old woman believed to be the boy’s mother, who is not identified here due to the nature of the crime, with production of pornography with minors and two counts of second-degree sexual abuse. The woman and Hamilton were charged on warrants stemming from an investigation launched in October.