April 27, 2025

Alabama Police Officer Arrested for Possession and Distribution of Child Pornography

By Rick McCann
Blue RAM Media

April 27, 2025

DeKalb County Ala. Authorities have confirmed that a police officer in a small town in Alabama has been arrested for possessing child pornography.

Joshua Kwon, 40, a police officer employed by the small town of Henagar was the subject of a joint effort by state, local, and federal law enforcement.

Kwon was arrested and charged with the public dissemination and possession of obscene material of a person under 17. According to court records, the material was a video of an adult man having sexual contact with a minor female.

DeKalb County Investigators and a Special Response Team, along with ALEA, the Jackson County Sheriff’s Office and the Department of Homeland Security executed a search warrant at a Jackson County residence Thursday morning.
Investigators say that they were acting on a tip from a DeKalb County investigator assigned to the Alabama Internet Crimes Against Children Task Force received a report from the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children regarding a social media account that was used to share child pornography but they did not know at the time that Kwon was a law enforcement officer which was discovered during the raid.

Kwon was arrested and interviewed on Thursday. He was then booked into the DeKalb County Jail on a $30,000 bond.

“It is a sad day for law enforcement,” said DeKalb County Sheriff Nick Welden. “Chief Smith at Henagar is a great guy and always willing to help in any way, even in times like this when it’s his own officer. I know that this is very hard for Chief Smith because I’ve been there myself, unfortunately. Once again, right is still right and wrong is still wrong no matter what! If you’re in the wrong, we will do our best to enforce the law no matter who you are! And I hope this strongly shows that we will do so if it happens in DeKalb County!”

“With that being said, there are still GREAT leaders in law enforcement, and we do not tolerate such disgraceful acts as this even though it still gives us ALL a black eye. I’ll still say it was a fantastic job by ALEA, our very own DCSO Investigation Unit, Chief Smith, and all the others that were involved in the process,” he added.