JACKSON – A registered sex offender has been arrested and charged with possession of child pornography, Mississippi Attorney General Jim Hood said. Wallace S. Weeks, 48, of Florence, was arrested at his home by investigator’s with the Internet Crimes Against Children (ICAC) task force. Wallace has been charged with nine counts of possession of child pornography.
“Richland Police began this investigation but asked us to take over due to jurisdiction,” Attorney General Hood said. “This is a good example of the effectiveness and cooperative nature of the task force, and why it is so important.”
Hood said they were able to arrest Weeks for sharing and downloading child pornography, by joining forces with the Richland Police task force, the Copiah County Sheriff’s Office and the Mississippi Bureau of Investigations.
Weeks was taken to the Rankin County Detention Center where his bond will be set.
Hood said Weeks was convicted on April 26, 1994 for “touching of a child or a mentally defective, incapacitated or physically helpless person for lustful purposes” in Oktibbeha County.
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