Bentonville photographer arrested on suspicion of possessing youngster sexual abuse materials

BENTONVILLE — A neighborhood photographer was arrested Wednesday on suspicion of possession of kid sexual abuse materials, in response to a information launch from the Bentonville Police Department.

Russell Edward Bloodworth, 43, of Bentonville was being held Thursday within the Benton County Jail awaiting a bond listening to. He was arrested on suspicion of distributing, possessing or viewing sexually express conduct involving a baby and possession of a managed substance, in response to the discharge.

Prosecutors haven’t filed any formal prices towards him.

Bentonville police acquired a tip Monday associated to youngster sexual abuse materials being generated on-line by an account holder using Grok AI, the discharge states.

The investigation decided the account to be registered to Bloodworth, authorities reported.

Bloodworth owns Russell Bloodworth Photography, an area enterprise related to the cybertip and crimes being investigated, in response to the discharge.

Police are asking anybody who has been a consumer of the pictures enterprise and suspect they or a member of the family’s pictures could have been used to contact Bentonville police at (479) 271-3170 or electronic mail [email protected].