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Published: 2012-05-03 11:40:00
Updated: 2012-05-03 16:45:47

Posted: May 3, 2012

Former Johnston County deputy faces child sex charges

Dennis Jones
Dennis Jones
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Smithfield, N.C. — A former Johnston County sheriff's deputy was arrested this week on five felony counts of second-degree sexual exploitation.

Arrest warrants allege that Dennis Gerald Jones, 61, of Selma, had videos and photos on his computer of children engaged in sex acts with adults.

Search warrants in the case also allege that, at one point, a teenage girl he knew provided nude or illicit photos of herself in exchange for Jones driving her places.

The girl told State Bureau of Investigation agents that Jones also touched her inappropriately.

Jones, who worked with the Johnston County Sheriff's Office as a special deputy in the 1980s, was in the Johnston County jail Thursday under a $200,000 bond.

Copyright 2012 by Capitol Broadcasting Company. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten or redistributed.

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Ahhh yes.....another fine excuse of a heterosexual! xylem01

This has to be the dumbest post all day. What on earth has this got to do with him being a pervert? You don't think there are perverts among the gay and lesbian folks? Clueless and classless.
bitemedoughboy
May 4, 2012 1:59 p.m.
Cops former too always think they are above the law. None is ever above the law. Just do a crime cops and you will see that justice can be easily served to you. You are no better than the average citizen when you commit a crime of any sort.
charmcclainlovesdogs2
May 4, 2012 12:26 p.m.
it's ok to profile the police officer but if the officer profiles a crook that is bad. OK
Click to view my profile didisaythat
May 4, 2012 11:35 a.m.
Ahhh yes.....another fine excuse of a heterosexual!
xylem01
May 4, 2012 10:28 a.m.
and the creeps just keep coming out of the wood work
AX MAN
May 4, 2012 10:18 a.m.
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