Former Little Rock police officer found guilty of child porn, receiving obscene images

LITTLE ROCK, Ark. – A former Little Rock Police Department officer was found guilty in federal court Thursday of possessing child pornography and receiving obscene images.

A jury convicted Eddie Scott Seaton of Cabot after a three-day trial. The 55-year-old man’s sentencing hearing will be later, but according to court records Seaton has been in federal custody since being charged in March 2020.

The Arkansas Democrat-Gazette reported that Seaton was placed on administrative leave from the LRPD after the 2020 charges. He was a 12-year veteran of the department at that time.

The U.S. Attorney’s Officer for the Eastern District of Arkansas said evidence at trial led to Seaton’s conviction.

Jurors heard that in December of 2019, a North Dakota investigator downloaded child pornography which was traced back to a Cabot computer that belonged to Seaton. A search warrant was executed 19 days after the download and investigators found nearly 300 child pornography images and 120 obscene anime images on the computer.