A 73-year-old Chickamauga man was arrested and charged with sexual exploitation of a child on Tuesday evening, June 16, at his residence at 228 Vittetoe Road.
According to Walker County Sheriff Steve Wilson:
Sheriff’s detectives served a search warrant at the residence of Robert L. Hoppel after developing information that Hoppel was in possession of child pornography.
During the search of Hoppel’s residence, detectives located a considerable amount of child pornography in the home.
Hoppel was booked at the Walker County jail on four counts of sexual exploitation of a child and one count of possession of a firearm by a convicted felon.
Hoppel was released on an $11,000 bond Wednesday afternoon, June 17. He will appear in Walker County Superior Court in November 2009.
The Georgia Bureau of Investigation is assisting with the investigation.
State News
June 18, 2009
Chickamauga man, 73, arrested on child sex charges
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