Arrest Made in Suspicious Letters Delivered to Alabama State House Case

Earlier this week, WEIS Radio News reported on the incident to where someone sent several letters containing pornographic imagines to members of the Alabama House of Representatives. According to a press release from the Alabama Law Enforcement Agency (ALEA), Special Agents immediately identified a person of interest and launched an investigation.

Per the press release, the suspect was identified as John Watson, 54 of Dothan. He was arrested and formally charged with four counts of Dissemination of Child Pornography. Mr. Watson may have other charges leveled against him as well. He was booked into the Houston County Jail with no bond.

Watson, a former Driver License Examiner assigned to ALEA’s Driver License Division, was immediately placed on Mandatory Leave on Wednesday, April 9, as the Agency began the administrative process for termination. However, Watson resigned on Thursday, April 10, in lieu of termination.

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