A registered sex offender from North Carolina has been arrested in Montana on a Polk County warrant tied to child sex crime charges, deputies said.

Polk County Sheriffs Office (PCSO) detectives said they identified 39-year-old Courtney Robert Stanhope of Baker, Montana, during a Cyber Crimes investigation. Detectives obtained a warrant charging him with 15 counts related to sex crimes against children.

On Sept. 30, the Fallon County Sheriffs Office arrested Stanhope. He is being held in Montana and will be extradited to Polk County.

Stanhope is a registered sex offender in North Carolina after a 2021 arrest for possession of child pornography while serving in the U.S. Navy. He admitted to detectives then that he had been addicted to child pornography since his teenage years and compared

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