AG's office announces arrest of Robertsdale man on child porn charges

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MONTGOMERY, Alabama —Attorney General Steve Marshall announced the arrest Tuesday, Jan. 26 of a Robertsdale man on multiple charges of possession of child pornography.

According to a release issued Wednesday, Jan. 27 by the Attorney General’s Office, Alvin David Hattenbach, 66, of Robertsdale, was arrested by an agent with the AG’s office and taken to the Robertsdale city jail.

Online records show he was booked into the Baldwin County Corrections Facility on Jan. 26 and released on bond the next day. He is required to wear an ankle monitor, according to the release.

Attorney General Marshall’s Criminal Trials Division presented evidence to a Baldwin County grand jury, resulting in Hattenbach’s indictment on Jan. 12. Specifically, the indictment charges him with 25 counts of possession of obscene matter depicting a person under the age of 17.

This case is unrelated to that of another Baldwin County man arrested on Jan. 22 on charges of possession of child pornography.

If convicted, Hattenbach faces a maximum penalty of up to 10 years imprisonment and a fine of up to $15,000 for each of the 25 counts, which are class C felonies.