An agent with the Secret Service in Atlanta has filed a complaint in U.S. district court in Rome against a Spring Place man who is in the Murray County Jail on child pornography charges.

Albert Vernon Norton, 47, of 1178 Highway 225 S., Lot 56, was charged by the Murray County Sheriff’s Office on Jan. 12 with four counts of sexual exploitation of children and one count of manufacture of marijuana. The 16-page complaint states Norton “possessed and received child pornography,” charging him with that offense, and details how files containing child porn are shared between some online computer users.

An affidavit by agent Joey Ward with the Secret Service states the child porn Norton possessed and received depicted “the use of minor children engaged in sexually explicit conduct.” It details a “Gnutella network” that is used to trade digital files, including still images and movie files of child porn.