On October 29, 2024, the Lafayette County Sheriff’s Criminal Investigation Unit began an investigation regarding a Cyber Tip that was reported from the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children.
The report was forwarded to the Lafayette County Sheriff’s Office from New York State Police.
A report was made to New York authorities, that a male subject was communicating with a juvenile on social media accounts. During the course of the investigation, it was determined that the male subject, later identified as Ronald Elliott-Peyton Walker, 26 years old of Oxford, Mississippi, was communicating with an underage victim.
Walker solicited the juvenile to send inappropriate material through social media and cellular devices. Walker was arrested on December 4, 2024 and transported to the Lafayette County Detention Center on the charge of Enticement of a Child to Produce a Visual Depiction of Sexual Conduct.
Walker appeared before a Justice Court Judge and was set a $50,000.00 bond. This is an ongoing investigation, and no other details will be released at this time.