Incident on airplane leads to arrest of man on child porn charge

LITTLE ROCK – Attorney General Tim Griffin released the following statement announcing that his office arrested Micah Shawn Morrison, 51, of Hot Springs on one count of Pandering or Possessing Visual Medium Depicting Sexually Explicit Conduct Involving a Child, a Class C Felony:
“A few months ago, Special Agent Heath Nelson, an investigator in my office’s Medicaid Fraud Control Unit, was off duty while flying out of the Bill and Hillary Clinton National Airport. He noticed a fellow passenger on the plane texting about committing sexual acts on children, as well as exchanging pornography.
“Special Agent Nelson quickly alerted agents in our Special Investigations Division, who worked with Homeland Security Investigations (HSI), U.S. Department of Homeland Security to identify the passenger and open an investigation.

“On March 6, agents from my office and HSI conducted an interview with Morrison during which his cell phone was seized and later determined to contain child sexual abuse material (CSAM). Yesterday, agents from my office, in coordination with HSI and the Garland County Sheriff’s Office, executed a search warrant at Morrison’s home, seizing 14 devices for further forensic examination. Morrison was arrested at the conclusion of the search.
“This marks our third arrest on CSAM-related charges in less than a week. I commend the outstanding work done by Special Agent Nelson, the investigators in my Special Investigations Division, HSI, and the Garland County Sheriff’s Office.”