An Arkansas jury has found Little Rock police officer, Eddie Seaton, guilty of possessing & receiving over 420 images of child sexual abuse materials.

An Arkansas jury has found Little Rock police officer, Eddie Seaton, guilty of possessing & receiving over 420 images of child sexual abuse materials.

Eddie Seaton, 55, a 13 yr vet of Little Rock PD, was found guilty on both counts, receiving obscene depictions of a minor engaged in sexually explicit conduct & possessing materials which contained an image of a minor engaged in sexually explicit conduct.

Seaton was indicted on the two counts in March 2020, about two months after investigators raided his Cabot home based on a tip from a North Dakota child sex crimes investigator who, on Dec. 11, 2019, downloaded a nine-and-a-half minute video containing child pornography over the Bit Torrent network from a computer IP address that was later traced to Seaton's home.

The following day, court records said, the investigator downloaded a second video and an image containing child porn from the same IP address. After determining the computer was located in the Little Rock metro area, Little Rock police were notified. After matching the IP address to Seaton's residence, investigators executed a search warrant at his home Dec. 30, 2019.

Seaton, who has been free on pre-trial release since he was indicted, will be sentenced later this year following completion of a pre-sentence report by the U.S. Probation Office in Little Rock.

“This case shows that even those who swear to uphold the law can violate it in the most despicable way,” United States Attorney Jonathan D. Ross said. “Commerce in sexually explicit images of children is not a victimless crime, and our office is committed to protecting those most vulnerable in our community. The jury today properly held Mr. Seaton accountable for his receipt and possession of images depicting the sexual exploitation of children.”