ALABAMA
WBRC
[with video]
By Leah Jordan, Reporter
MADISON, AL (WAFF) –
“How are we supposed to know to protect our children?” That’s the question neighbors of John Martin are asking following his arrest for possession and dissemination of child pornography.
Madison County deputies arrested Martin early Tuesday morning. They confiscated a desktop computer with images and videos of sexual abuse of children at St. John the Baptist Catholic Church where he worked. Investigators also searched his Huntsville home on Barcody Road.
“I’m shaking a little bit,” said neighbor Kate McNeil. “I walk my kid through this neighborhood, like what if he approached me or followed me home?”
WAFF 48 ran a statewide background check and found Martin had no criminal record in Alabama up until this arrest, which further concerns McNeil.
“We don’t want to go around being super paranoid and looking at everybody crossly,” said McNeil. “But at the same point, that’s incredibly scary.”
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