A Wake County Emergency Services worker who was suspended in May amid a child pornography probe was arrested Monday, according to the State Bureau of Investigation.
Scott Edward Shields, 41, of Fuquay-Varina, faces two counts of second-degree exploitation of a minor. He was placed in the Wake County jail under a $25,000 bond.
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Search warrants from May allege that Shields traded child pornography online and bragged to another man, Howard Underwood, about sexually abusing a child.
Underwood pleaded guilty in April to federal charges of distribution of child pornography.
When the criminal probe was launched, Wake County EMS placed Shields, a paramedic and field training officer stationed at the Holly Springs Fire Department, on an unpaid investigatory suspension.
He has since been terminated.