Local Task Force Makes Arrest of Northport Man for Possessing Child Abuse Materials
The West Alabama Human Trafficking Task Force arrested a Northport man Friday for possessing materials of multiple acts of child sexual abuse.
According to a Monday afternoon release, 62-year-old Ralph Allan White was served with felony warrants at a location in Jasper last week.
The release states the investigation into this incident began in March 2021 while White was living at a residence located in the 1700 block of U.S. Highway 43 in Northport.
The task force received assistance from the Joint Electronic Crimes Task Force and the Tuscaloosa County Sheriff's Office during the course of the investigation.
White was charged with eight counts of possessing obscene material depicting child sexual abuse and was booked into the Tuscaloosa County Jail, where he remains as of Monday afternoon on a $120,000 bond.