The Houston County Sheriff’s Office arrested a convicted sex offender for having child pornography and sharing it online.

Billy Mooney, 65, is charged with seven counts of disseminating/possession of child porn.

Investigators with the Internet Crimes Against Children (ICAC) division believe Mooney uploaded the porn to several social media platforms.

ICAC officers searched for the source of the images for four months. The investigation led them to Pitts Drive in Bay Springs, where they took Mooney into custody and seized multiple electronic devices.

Sgt. Brandon Barnes told 1819 News the children in the images were prepubescent, and they do not believe Mooney produced the porn.

Mooney is considered innocent until proven guilty.

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