Alabama Psychiatrist Walter Joseph Crook Arrested for Possession of Child Sex Abuse Material

March 3, 2026

A 73-year-old psychiatrist at Tuscaloosa's Bryce Hospital, Walter Joseph Crook, was arrested last week on five counts of possession of child sex abuse material. The charges came after Google sent a Cybertip to the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children about illegal files being stored in Crook's Google Drive account, leading to a police investigation and search warrants.

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