US Marshals arrest Florence man in Utah on several child sex abuse charges
FLORENCE, Ala. (WHNT) – A Florence man was arrested last week in Salt Lake City on several child pornography and sexual abuse charges, according to the Florence Police Department.
On Sept. 25, detectives began an investigation into an adult having inappropriate sexual contact with juveniles.
Boaz man charged with multiple counts of child sexual abuse materials possession
Authorities were able to establish probable cause to execute an arrest warrant for 38-year-old Garrett Wilkins.
He was arrested in Salt Lake City, Utah by U.S. Marshals and transported back to Florence.
Wilkins is charged with six counts of pornography/obscene material, six counts of possession of child pornography, second-degree sexual abuse, two counts of transmitting obscene material to a child, enticing a child to enter and electronic solicitation of a child. He is being held at the Lauderdale County Detention Center on a bond of $606,000.
