DEFUNIAK SPRINGS MAN ARRESTED FOR 20 COUNTS OF CHILD PORN; SECOND ARREST IN LESS THAN A WEEK BY WCSO CIB
Mug shot of Dean Miller, 77.December 12, 2019
DEFUNIAK SPRINGS, Fla— An online investigation leads to the discovery of a DeFuniak Springs man downloading child pornography.
On Wednesday, December 11th, the Walton County Sheriff’s Office Criminal Investigations Bureau conducted a residential search warrant at 428 Timberwind Drive in DeFuniak Springs.
Investigators with the Special Victims Unit conducted an online investigation which led to information that Dean Alan Miller, 77, of DeFuniak Springs was searching for and downloading child pornography.
The investigation and subsequent search warrant provided investigators reason to arrest Miller for 20 counts of possession of child pornography. He was given a $50,000 bond and is still incarcerated at the time of this release.
Walton County Sheriff’s Office would like to thank the DeFuniak Springs Police Department and the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission for their assistance in the execution of the search warrant.
The arrest comes less than a week following the arrest of Neil Hawley, 37, who was charged with four counts of possession of child pornography on December 6th.