Opelika Man Charged With Four Counts of Child Pornography Possession

August 27, 2026 — Opelika, AL

Opelika police arrested Sebastian Franco, 42, on four counts of possession of child pornography, the department said. The case began with a tip from the Internet Crimes Against Children (ICAC) task force, and investigators identified Franco as the suspect.

Franco was arrested Wednesday, Aug. 26, and booked into the Lee County Jail. The arrest is the second ICAC-driven child pornography case Opelika police have announced this month, following the Aug. 6 arrest of a 39-year-old man on the same charge.

Source: CNAW 2 News

From the Opelika Weekly News Digest — August 24 – 30, 2026 | Vol. 1, No. 21 | 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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