LAKEWOOD, Colorado — Police have arrested a staff member at Lookout Mountain Youth Services Center accused of possessing several images of child pornography.
The Lakewood Police Department said detectives with their Crimes Against Children Unit arrested 49-year-old Joseph Scott Forrest of Lakewood Thursday on suspicion of Sexual Exploitation of a Child.
Police said their investigation revealed the images were "likely" stored on Forrest's Twitter account.
The Colorado Department of Human Services, which operates the Youth Services Center, said it has placed Forrest on administrative leave.
According to a release from the Department of Human Services, Lakewood Youth Services Center in Golden is an intensive, secured treatment program for 140 male juvenile offenders who are sent there by the court.
Twitter and the National Center for Missing and Endangered Children also assisted with the case.
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