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Municipal IT Director Fired for Downloading 24,466 Porn Images

by Terrence O'Brien on April 25, 2009 at 06:11 AM

Georgian IT Director Fired For Downloading Porn on Work PC

We're not sure exactly what Brad Williams, the now-former IT director for the city of Norcross, Georgia, could have been thinking if he in fact did as he's been alleged to do -- used his work computer to download some 24,466 pornographic images. As part of an investigation into William's poor job performance, monitoring software was loaded on his office PC, eventually revealing the inappropriate files, all meticulously arranged in directories and subfolders.

David Studdard, William's attorney, suggested to the City Council that there was no "smoking gun" linking his client to the images, and that any number of people in the office could have had access to the PC and downloaded the images. Of course, attorneys for the city have dismissed the idea that Williams was framed.

Williams has asked for his job back, but, even if cleared of the charges surrounding the rather sizable porn collection, he is unlikely to be reinstated. During his hearing, other city employees described him as "lazy, unconcerned with fixing computer problems or even paying the bills," according to the Atlanta Journal-Constitution. [From: Atlanta Journal-Constitution, Via: Fark]

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