MARION COUNTY – In May of last year, at the request of the Hamilton Police Department, Special Agents assigned to the Alabama Law Enforcement Agency’s (ALEA) Stat Bureau of Investigation (SBI) launched an investigation concerning a child exploitation investigation involving a School Resource Officer with the Hamilton Police Department.

The suspect, identified as Mardrea Dashawn Massey, 31, of Sulligent, was temporarily serving as a School Resource Officer with the Hamilton Police Department when the investigationbegan.ALEA SBI completed its investigation and turned over the case file to the Marion County District Attorney’s Office. The case was presented to a Marion County Grand Jury on Monday,

April 13, 2026, which resulted in the indictment of Massey on charges of a School EmployeeEngaging in a Sex Act with a Student Under the Age of 19 and School Employee Distributing or Soliciting Obscene Material to or from a Student.  Massey was booked into the Marion County Jail.

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