RICHMOND, Va., July 31 -- The U.S. Department of Justice's Federal Bureau of Investigation Richmond Field Office issued the following press release:
ROANOKE, Va. - The Pulaski County Work Report Program Coordinator and current member of the Pulaski Town Council, who previously served as a sheriff's deputy and corrections officer, was arrested today by the FBI.
Steven Wayne Erickson, 48, was arrested on a federal criminal complaint and charged with one count of receipt of child sexual abuse material ("CSAM") and one count of distribution of CSAM.
According to court records, the FBI received a cyber tip regarding potential child sexual exploitation occurring over Kik, a messaging app. Through search warrants and other legal process, agents...