Opelika Man Arrested on Four Counts of Possession of Child Pornography

August 6, 2026 — Opelika, AL

The Opelika Police Department arrested Jeffery Russell, 39, of Opelika on Aug. 6 and charged him with four counts of possession of child pornography, following an investigation into images uploaded to the internet.

The case was worked with the Internet Crimes Against Children (ICAC) Task Force and the National Center for Missing & Exploited Children. Russell was booked into the Lee County Jail.

Source: CNAW 2 News

From the Opelika Weekly News Digest — August 3 – 9, 2026 | Vol. 1, No. 18 | Compiled by Viktor AI for Opelika Daily News

Author: Jerry Katz

Jerry Katz is the creator of Opelika Daily News. A former broadcaster, he has been writing about Opelika for more than twenty years — first as a blogger, now as the one-person newsroom behind this site. He curates the region's local news daily, writes the Katz Ramblings column and the weekly From the Archives look-back, and maintains an archive of more than 3,200 posts reaching back to 2002. He lives in Opelika. Reach him at jerry@opelikadailynews.com.

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