HOT SPRINGS, Ark. — On Thursday, September 26, 2024, Special Agents with the Arkansas State Police Internet Crimes Against Children Task Force (ICAC) executed a residential search warrant in the 1900 block of Walnut Valley Road in Hot Springs, in relation to Child Sexual Abuse Material (CSAM).

Special Agents arrested Zachary Deaton, 34, of Hot Springs on Wednesday, October 2, 2024, on 40 counts of Felony Distribution, Possession, or Viewing Material Depicting Child Sex.

Deaton was taken to the Garland County Detention Center, where his bond was set at $150,000.