Mrs. Orange County Charged with Child Molestation

A former Mrs. Orange County was charged today with using a 4-year-old relative to make child pornography and selling it to a Marine stationed in Southern California, authorities said.

Meghan Breanna Alt, 25, of Irvine, being held on $100,000 bail, was charged with a count of possession and control of child pornography and three counts of lewd acts on a child younger than 14, all felonies. She also faces a sentencing enhancement allegation of substantial sexual conduct with a child.

If convicted at trial, Alt could face up to 14 years and eight months in prison and be ordered to register as a sex offender for the rest of her life.

Alt, who was under surveillance, was arrested following a traffic stop in San Diego County on Wednesday, according to Orange County sheriff’s Lt. Jeff Hallock.

The Naval Criminal Investigative Service alerted federal and county law enforcement involved in the multi-agency Orange County Child Exploitation Task Force about the child pornography, leading investigators to Alt, Hallock said.

Alt is accused of sending sexually explicit imagines of the 4-year-old girl to the Marine in exchange for cash and gifts, Hallock said.

Alt is also suspected of advertising unspecified services online that sometimes led to her having sex with clients in exchange for money with her children present, Hallock alleged.

Alt won the Mrs. Orange County pageant last year and competed in the Mrs. California contest in June of 2014, Hallock said. She is also involved in the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints in San Clemente and Irvine, where investigators believe she worked with young children as a volunteer, Hallock said.

City News Service