Hampton officer arrested in child porn case
A 27-year police veteran has been arrested on three child
pornography charges, some allegedly involving images
downloaded to police department computers. State police
arrested Lt. Norman Varner, 50, at a state police facility
Wednesday, Cpl. Jimmie Wideman, a Hampton police spokesman,
said yesterday. Varner was charged with use of communications
systems to facilitate certain offenses involving children and
possession of sexually explicit items involving children with
intent to distribute, both felonies; and possession of child
pornography, a misdemeanor. Varner is accused of downloading
sexually explicit material involving teen-age girls from the
Internet onto a computer, Wideman said. Varner was placed on
dministrative leave and released from jail on an unsecured
bond.
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