Money may have prompted posting of girl's photos
Oklahoma deputy jailed in sexual exploitation of a child
By Phillip Yates
[email protected] Amarillo Globe-News
Publication Date: 07/06/05
GUYMON, OKLA. - A Texas County Sheriff's deputy arrested Friday for allegedly posting sexually explicit pictures of an 8-year-old girl on the Internet might have done it for money, an official with the Oklahoma State Bureau of Investigation said Tuesday.
Deputy James Mark Bishop, 32, of Hooker faces one count of sexual exploitation of a child after OSBI finished a one-week investigation into the sexually explicit pictures, said Jessica Brown, a spokesperson for the bureau.
OSBI learned of the pictures when a man in Colorado contacted the bureau, Brown said.
"Somehow this viewer figured where the pictures had come from," Brown said. "His attorney contacted OSBI and that got the process going."
Bishop remained in Beaver County Jail in Beaver late Tuesday in lieu of a $500,000 bond, Brown said.
Brown said their investigation into the pictures indicate the motivation for the alleged act "was probably monetary," Brown said.
Although investigators don't think there are any more victims, they are looking into the possibility, Brown said.
Bishop started as a Texas County Sheriff's deputy Feb. 17, 2003, and had previously worked for other area law enforcement agencies, Bishop said.
"The man had a very pristine law enforcement career behind him," Brown said.
Brown said that throughout the investigation, Texas County Sheriff Arnold Peoples and others within the department have been extremely cooperative.
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I guess you don't know about some people..
worked with this guy for 7 years.. would never have thought it about him.this has made me sick all weekend. even worse the pics were of his daughter