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Akron police plead guilty in child porn case

Akron police plead guilty in child porn case

Editor’s Note: The video above is previous coverage of the arrest of Geoffrey Parker.

WARRENOhio (WJW) – A local police officer He faces up to 65 years in prison after pleading guilty to multiple charges of possessing child pornography.

Geoffrey Parker, 34, of Mineral Ridge, was arrested. August 2024.

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According to the press release, the case began when the Ohio Bureau of Criminal Investigation tracked a nude photo of a 4-year-old girl from the area to Parker’s account.

Parker was also found guilty of taking nude photographs with minors.

On Thursday, he pleaded guilty to the following charges:

  • Three counts of dealing sexually explicit material involving a minor.

  • Illegal use of three lowercase letters in material focused on nudity

  • One severe sexual imposition

  • An obscenity charge involving a minor

Parker had previously been a plea of ​​not guilty He changed his plea in the case but before the jury trial.

He has been on paid leave from the Akron Police Department since his arrest in August.

Parker had been with the department for four years.

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He will be sentenced on November 26 after a background investigation.

It is stated that Parker faces up to 65 years in prison and will be registered as a Tier 2 sex offender upon his release from prison.

Parker remains in the Trumbull County jail on $1 million bail.

FOX 8 News contacted Akron police for an update on Parker’s employment with the department.

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