Fulton Science Academy Coach Arrested For Child Porn: Police

SANDY SPRINGS, GA — An athletics coach at Fulton Science Academy has been arrested for child porn, police said.

The Sandy Springs Police Department investigated a Sandy Springs man who had child pornography, and was making obscene and inappropriate sexual contact with a minor over the internet.

Tarik Uduk, 25, of Sandy Springs was arrested and charged with 10 counts of possession of child sexually abusive material, and one count of obscene internet contact with a child.

Detectives arrested Uduk at the Fulton Science Academy in Alpharetta, where he is employed as an athletic coach.

On Friday, an investigation was initiated after detectives assigned to the Internet Crimes Against Children Task Force received a tip from the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children about someone uploading child sexually abusive material online. With the assistance from the Georgia Bureau of Investigation, the location of where the images were uploaded was identified as a Sandy Springs residence, and the case was turned over to Sandy Springs detectives.

After executing multiple search warrants and court orders, the suspect was identified as Uduk.

A review of the digital content obtained from the search warrants revealed multiple images and videos of sexually explicit images depicting minors between the ages of 12 - 15, police said.

"Our detectives continue to analyze all the content of the electronic devices owned by the suspect, to search for additional evidence of child sexually abusive material and to determine if any of the victims in the images are students that were in contact with Mr. Uduk," Sandy Springs Police Public Information Officer Salvador Ortega said in a news release.

This investigation is part of the ongoing effort by the Internet Crimes Against Children Task Force, a partnership and investigative network that Sandy Springs Police is proud to be a part of along with other local, state, and federal partners with the purpose of identifying those involved in the child sexually abusive material trade.

The Internet Crimes Against Children Program, created by the U. S. Department of Justice, was developed in response to the increasing number of children and teenagers using the internet, the proliferation of child sexually abusive material, and the heightened online activity by predators searching for unsupervised contact with underage victims.

Anyone with information on this case is asked to contact Sandy Springs Detective H. Reich at HReich@SandySpringsGA.Gov, or 770-551-6923.

Anyone with information on other cases of child exploitation is asked to contact their local police department or the Georgia Bureau of Investigation Child Exploitation Unit at 404-270-8870.