Cops Say as They Searched for Porn, He Was Staring at It

Alan Neil Thur of Georgia wasn't exactly sly, authorities say
By Arden Dier,  Newser Staff
Posted Mar 17, 2023 12:15 PM CDT
Cops Searched for Child Porn, Allegedly Found Him Staring at It
Alan Neil Thur   (Hall County Sheriff's Office)

It wasn't hard to find child pornography during a search of a Georgia man's home, according to police, because he was looking at it on his computer. After receiving a tip from the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children that 75-year-old Alan Neil Thur had uploaded child pornography to a search engine, sheriff's deputies arrived at his Gainesville home for a search on Tuesday, per the Gainesville Times. "As deputies carried out the search, Thur was viewing five images of child pornography on his computer," the Hall County Sheriff's Office said, per WSB. Thur, who was facing two counts of sexual exploitation of a minor, was charged with an additional five counts following the search. He's held in Hall County Jail without bond. (More child sexual abuse material stories.)

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