Forsyth Sheriff's Candidate Facing Child Porn Charges(WSB-TV, Atlanta, GA, February 13, 2008)He was fired from the Forsyth County Sheriff's Office after he was charged with accessing investigative child pornography files at work. But that's not stopping Scott Pruitt from running for sheriff of that county. The current sheriff said he thinks the charges will turn voters off. "I'm not one to mudsling here," said Pruitt.
Luckily for Forsyth County Republican sheriff's candidate Scott Pruitt, he's not into mudslinging.
That's because his opponent would surely counter by reminding voters the former deputy faces 20 felony counts of violating the Computer Pornography and Child Exploitation and Prevention Act. Pruitt hasn't been convicted, so he can run for sheriff.The sheriff Pruitt wants to replace says Pruitt was fired last year for illegally accessing images of children who had been molested on his patrol car computer. "He had no reason to be looking at those photographs," said Forsyth County Sheriff Ted Paxton. "I have not committed any offense against anyone," said Pruitt.
This Pruitt feller sounds like just the kind of guy I'd want a-sheriffin' in
my town!
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