Concord Man, Previously Accused Of Computer Sex, Abuse Image Crimes, Arrested Again

CONCORD, NH — A man from Concord was arrested on 11 felony charges Tuesday after being accused of targeting at least two girls in other states.

Austin Holton, 29, of Concord, was arrested on seven counts of possession of child sexual abuse images, two counts of criminal solicitation for the manufacture of child sexual abuse images, and two certain uses of computer services prohibited counts, all felonies.

Concord police opened an investigation against Holton in July after investigators were contacted by the Marshall County Indiana Sheriff’s Department, who believed a man in Concord had utilized online services to “entice and solicit explicit content from juvenile females,” Deputy John Thomas of the Concord Police Department said. Around the same time, a second complaint was submitted to police in Concord involving “a similar allegation,” he said. A search warrant was issued, which led to a juvenile victim in Belgrade, Montana.

“With the assistance of the Belgrade, Montana, Police Department, the victim was located and interviewed,” Thomas said.

A probable cause warrant was then issued against Holton on the 11 felony counts, and police arrested him on Tuesday. He refused bail and was taken to the county jail. Holton will be arraigned in Concord District Court on Wednesday.

Thomas said the department was also assisted in the investigation by the New Hampshire Internet Crimes Against Children Task Force.

Holton is no stranger to police or accusations of possessing child sexual abuse images or computer services charges.

According to superior court records, back in late September 2014, he was arrested on two possessing child sexual abuse image charges in Concord connected to an incident in October 2013. The case was boundover to Merrimack County Superior Court in November 2014. At the time, Holton was living on Perley Street. He was arrested again in Concord in March 2015 on two more charges also connected to an incident in October 2013.

Then, in February 2015, Holton was arrested on four possessing child sexual abuse image, three computer services, and three indecent exposure-send lewd image to a child charges. The charges stemmed from an incident in April 2014 in Allenstown. At the time, he was living on Young Drive in Allenstown and was arrested on Depot Street in Concord on a warrant.

In February 2015, two of the Concord charges were dismissed without prejudice. In May 2016, the other two Concord charges and all the Allenstown charges were nolle prossed.

Police asked anyone with information about the incident to contact Det. Dana Dexter of the Computer Crimes Unit. Tips can also be submitted anonymously through the Concord Regional Crimeline at 603-226-3100 or at concordregionalcrimeline.com.

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