09/20/2012
By Kimathi Lewis
Being in the custody of a sheriff’s deputy should have been the safest place for a 6-year-old child.
But Mr. Christopher Thomas Davis abused the girl's trust by taking sexually explicit photographs of her to add to his vast collection of images of children being sexually abused.
And on Tuesday, the former White County Sheriff’s deputy pleaded guilty to producing child pornography that involved the 6-year-old, according to the U.S. Attorney’s Office.
A judge will decide the penalty for his crime on Nov. 27, prosecutors said.
“This defendant committed the ultimate act of betrayal,” U.S. Attorney Mrs. Sally Quillian Yates said.
“He violated the trust of the 6-year old victim, who he was charged with protecting, and betrayed the trust of his community by committing this heinous act while employed as sworn law enforcement officer.”
Investigators said between May 18 and June 25, 2009, Mr. Davis took photographs of a 6-year-old girl in his custody while she engaged in sexually explicit conduct.
The photographs were taken inside Mr. Davis's Dahlonega home, according to court records.
On Aug. 25, 2011, federal agents executed a search warrant at the deputy’s home where they found several hundred additional images of child pornography on an external hard drive and on a laptop computer, prosecutors said.
Mr. Davis, 32, faces a maximum sentence of up to 30 years in prison, a fine of up to $250,000 and the rest of his life on supervised release.
Also, he will be required to register as a sex offender once he’s released from prison, prosecutors said.
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