Pike Co. funeral home employee arrested on child porn charges

PIKE CO., Miss. (WLBT) - A Pike County funeral home employee was arrested on child pornography charges.

On Wednesday, the Pike County Sheriff’s Office announced that it had executed a search warrant at Catching-Sharkey Funeral Home in reference to an investigation into an employee, Jacob Alan Golmon.

The 33-year-old Smithdale resident was booked into the Pike County Jail on Thursday for possession of child pornography and a bench warrant for public display of sexually oriented materials. No bond has been set at this time.

Deputies also arrested Garrett Robert Szopinski, 32, of Summit, on Wednesday in connection with felony distribution of child pornography. He remains in the Pike County Jail on no bond.

It is unclear if the two cases are connected.

Szopinski is currently being held on no bond at the Pike County Jail. — Szopinski is currently being held on no bond at the Pike County Jail.(Pike County Sheriff's Office)

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