Bond has been set at $250,000 for a Walker County youth mentor arrested for child molestation and child pornography.
John Crawford Stanfield, 68, remained Friday in the Walker County jail in LaFayette. Bond was set Wednesday in Walker County Superior Court.
A federal task force arrested Stanfield on March 11 at his house on Reeds Road in LaFayette.
Stanfield, known for being a youth mentor who worked with children, also served on a court panel that oversees placement of foster children.
According to Nathan Lee, a Dalton Police Department detective who is a member of the task force, which targets crimes against children, when investigators searched Stanfield’s house nearly 5,000 pornographic images were found on his computer’s hard drive. A vast majority of the pornography found was of children, Lee said.
“He was sending pictures via the Internet, of child pornography, and we got a tip and then a joint investigation. We got to his house and did a search warrant and ultimately led to his arrest for child pornography and we subsequently found some other victims and he has been charged with aggravated child molestation and child pornography,” Lee said.
Lee said the pornographic images led investigators to two juveniles who reported being molested by Stanfield.
According to Lee, one of the alleged victims is believed to have had contact with Stanfield during his time as a youth mentor.
The ages and genders of the juveniles were not released for public knowledge.
“We suspect we may have some more victims (of Stanfield’s),” Lee said. “We are still going over the evidence. The investigation is ongoing.”
According to Lee, Stanfield has hired an attorney.
“This is a multi-jurisdictional task force on crimes against children,” Lee said of the federal task force on which he is a member.
Lee encourages the public, if they have any information on further victims, to contact him at the Dalton Police Department at (706) 278-9085 ext. 140.
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