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Associate Professor at Georgia Tech Charged with 15 Counts of Sexual Exploitation

By Conaway and Strickler

According to a recent report, illicit computer activity impelled Georgia Tech to contact law enforcement regarding an associate professor who became the target of a week-long investigation by the Georgia Bureau of Investigation. The professor was arrested the night of August 12, 2009 and charged with a hefty accumulation of 15 counts of sexual exploitation of children. A university spokesman released the following statement: ?The alleged behavior, if true, is deplorable and falls far short of our expectations for how we believe faculty should behave.? The professor had been previously suspended without pay for his suspicious and unlawful computer activity at Georgia Tech. It has not been determined whether he will be permitted to teach in the school of industrial and systems engineering following his trial...continue to full post

Full post as published by Georgia Criminal Defense Blog on August 13, 2009 (boomark / email).