Special Victims Unit arrest

Published on April 12, 2023

The Huntsville Police Department (HPD) has arrested a Huntsville man after a lengthy child pornography investigation. In December 2022, Special Victims Unit Investigators served a search warrant on a residence on Saint Charles Road Southeast.

Stuart Edwin Smith, 65, is charged with five counts of possession of child pornography.

On Tuesday, April 11, Smith was taken into custody in Birmingham by the US Marshals. Smith was brought back to Huntsville and booked in the Madison County Jail on the listed charges on Wednesday, April 12.

HPD would like to thank the Alabama Law Enforcement Agency and Homeland Security for their assistance with the investigation.

The investigation is ongoing, and no further information is available at this time.