JEFFERSON COUNTY, Texas — A child sex offender accused of failing to register was arrested on Wednesday morning in Beaumont after a search warrant was carried out at a Beaumont home.
The Jefferson County Sheriff's Office found 'evidence' after a tip was received through the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children about the upload of child pornography to a cloud storage account.
Johnny Carl Hutson, 56, was arrested on a failure to register as a sex offender warrant and his bond has been set at $250,000.
Hutson was convicted in 2009 of aggravated sexual assault of a child and sentenced to 10 years in prison. Officials say he didn't continue to register as a sex offender once placed on parole.
The investigation continues and investigators expect additional charges to be filed on Hutson.
From a Jefferson County Sheriff's Office news release:
This morning, the 30th day of September 2020, investigators with the Office of Attorney General’s Child Exploitation Unit along Jefferson County Sheriff’s Office Investigators executed an evidentiary search warrant at a residence in Beaumont for Possession or Promotion of Child Pornography.
This search warrant is the result a National Center for Missing and Exploited Children CyberTipline Report involving the upload of child pornography to a cloud storage account.
Evidence was seized and 56 year old Johnny Carl Hutson was arrested on a Failure to Register as a Sex Offender warrant. His bond was set at $250,000.00.
Hutson was previously convicted in 2008 of Aggravated Sexual Assault of a Child and sentenced to 10 years in Texas Department of Corrections. Once paroled, he failed to continue to register as a Sex Offender.
This investigation continues and additional charges are expected to be filed.
