{"id":25698,"date":"2010-08-05T13:49:11","date_gmt":"2010-08-05T18:49:11","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.ktbb.com\/post\/?p=25698"},"modified":"2010-08-06T13:20:56","modified_gmt":"2010-08-06T18:20:56","slug":"prison-guard-arrested-for-child-porn","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/?p=25698","title":{"rendered":"Prison Guard Arrested for Child Porn"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.ktbb.com\/post\/?attachment_id=25720\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-25720\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.ktbb.com\/post\/wp-content\/media\/2010\/08\/Allen-Lynn-Ward-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"\" title=\"Allen Lynn Ward\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" class=\"alignleft size-thumbnail wp-image-25720\" \/><\/a><br \/>\nPALESTINE (Staff\/AP) \u2013 Texas Attorney General Greg Abbott\u2019s Cyber Crimes Unit has arrested Allen Lynn Ward, 47, of Palestine, for child pornography possession. At the time of his arrest on Wednesday, Ward indicated he was employed by the Texas Department of Criminal Justice (TDCJ) as a prison guard.   <\/p>\n<p>Officials say Wednesday\u2019s arrest stemmed from a referral by the Oregon Department of Justice, which notified the Cyber Crimes Unit that Ward\u2019s e-mail account appeared to be involved in trading child pornography. Cyber Crimes Unit investigators conducted a search of Ward\u2019s residence. According to investigators, Ward possessed numerous illicit images of young children on his home computer and in print.  Officials say investigators will examine the seized evidence and determine whether Ward should face additional charges. At this time, all evidence involves Ward\u2019s personal property. Neither state nor TDCJ resources are implicated.<\/p>\n<p>The arrest was a joint operation by the Texas Attorney General\u2019s Office and Anderson County Sheriff Greg Taylor.  State officials say the Texas Department of Criminal Justice and the Office of the Inspector General also fully cooperated with the investigation and provided assistance to the Cyber Crimes Unit. Ward remains in Anderson County Jail charged with child pornography possession \u2013 a third-degree felony \u2013 in lieu of a $1 million bond. If convicted, Ward faces two to 10 years in prison and up to a $10,000 fine.<br \/>\nTexas prisons spokeswoman Michelle Lyons says Ward worked since February at the Gurney Unit in Anderson County.   She says he resigned Wednesday. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>PALESTINE (Staff\/AP) \u2013 Texas Attorney General Greg Abbott\u2019s Cyber Crimes Unit has arrested Allen Lynn Ward, 47, of Palestine, for child pornography possession. At the time of his arrest on Wednesday, Ward indicated he was employed by the Texas Department of Criminal Justice (TDCJ) as a prison guard. Officials say Wednesday\u2019s arrest stemmed from a &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/?p=25698\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Prison Guard Arrested for Child Porn<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":12,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"fifu_image_url":"","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[177],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-25698","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-local-news-archive-archives"],"publishpress_future_action":{"enabled":false,"date":"2026-06-06 19:39:11","action":"change-status","newStatus":"trash","terms":[],"taxonomy":"category","extraData":[]},"publishpress_future_workflow_manual_trigger":{"enabledWorkflows":[]},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/25698","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/12"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=25698"}],"version-history":[{"count":19,"href":"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/25698\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":26103,"href":"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/25698\/revisions\/26103"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=25698"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=25698"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=25698"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}