Gwinnett County Chamber of Commerce official arrested

<p>The former executive director of the Halifax County Industrial Development Authority was extradited from Georgia Friday to face child pornography charges in Virginia, police said.</p><p>Kevin Scott Morris, 34, is charged in a Jan. 8 indictment with 20 counts of child pornography possession, South Boston police chief Mick Reed said.</p><p>Police began investigating Morris after a development authority official found images of young females in sexually explicit poses on an authority laptop computer in December 2005, authorities said. Morris had used the laptop, Reed said.</p><p>The girls have not been identified, Commonwealth's Attorney Kim White said.</p><p>"We had the computer evaluated by a forensic expert in the Richmond Police Department, but unfortunately our case was put on the 'back burner' because of the forensics necessary to complete a high-profile murder case," she said.</p><p>Morris worked for the authority from August 2002 until June 2004, when he left to take a job in Georgia as president of the Covington-Newton County Chamber of Commerce.</p><p>He became vice president of economic development for the Gwinnett Chamber of Commerce in suburban Atlanta in February. He was arrested at his office Wednesday, Reed said.</p><p>Morris waived extradition and South Boston police investigators drove him to Virginia Friday morning. He was expected to appear in court Friday afternoon, authorities said.</p><p>One of the possession charges carries a maximum of five years in prison, and the other 19 charges each carry a maximum of 10 years in prison, White said.</p>