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Exec for Junior Achievement is held in porn case

ARRESTED, RESIGNED
Greg Boyd: He was president of Junior Achievement of Oklahoma before he resigned Saturday after his arrest. Broken Arrow police reportedly found child pornography during a forensic analysis of Boyd's computer. He was held in the Tulsa Jail on $20,000 bail before being released Monday evening on bond, records show.

By MATT BARNARD World Staff Writer
Published: 11/3/2009 2:26 AM
Last Modified: 11/3/2009 4:23 AM

BROKEN ARROW — The president of a youth education group has been arrested on child pornography complaints after a search of his home computer.

Greg Boyd, 54, was president of Junior Achievement of Oklahoma and resigned after being arrested Saturday, said Alan Armstrong, the group's board chairman.

Broken Arrow police reportedly found child pornography during a forensic analysis of Boyd's computer.

He was held in the Tulsa Jail on $20,000 bail before being released Monday evening on bond, records show.

Armstrong said Boyd called him from the Broken Arrow Jail, where he initially was taken after his arrest, and resigned. He is no longer affiliated with the group, Armstrong said.

Boyd's primary duties were managerial, and he did not have day-to-day contact with children, Armstrong said. There were no indications that children from the program were involved with the material the police say they found.

According to Boyd's arrest report, officers seized the computer when they served a search warrant at his house in the 1500 block of South Nyssa Avenue.

The search turned up seven videos and 11 images of juveniles involved in sexual acts, police allege.

Junior Achievement of Oklahoma offers economic education programs at schools in several counties.

The courses bring volunteers from the business community to classrooms to teach students about financial literacy and navigating the workplace, according to the group's Web site.

Armstrong said Boyd was named president in 2007 and passed a background check during the hiring process. During his tenure, no red flags raised suspicion, he said.

Matt Barnard 581-8408
matt.barnard@tulsaworld.com By MATT BARNARD World Staff Writer

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	Report Comment hippienana, Tulsa (11/2/2009 5:25:45 PM) SCUM BAG HANG HIM HIGH
	Report Comment 2ndjoyce, BA (11/2/2009 5:37:21 PM) Good grief.
	Report Comment nuffsaid, Tulsa (11/2/2009 5:43:57 PM) So sad
	Report Comment PhoenixIX, Jenks (11/2/2009 5:49:27 PM) There are some things a person just doesn't do !! Child pornography is first on the list ! I pray this man gets the help he needs.
	Report Comment TulsaTulsa, Tulsa (11/2/2009 5:53:35 PM) I wonder how the police knew to check his home computer?
	Report Comment KansasSooner, Prefer the country (11/2/2009 5:54:29 PM) I agree with HippieNana ... hang this piece of trash! There's no excuse for his actions and no forgiveness possible.
	Report Comment DBJohn, Tulsa (11/2/2009 6:00:22 PM) insider, Tulsa (11/2/2009 5:46:14 PM) Probably a good parent, loving husband, faithful Christian who just got caught up. Poor fellow. Come on, he just got CAUGHT! Thank goodness, I don't have any sympathy.
	Report Comment QLC, (11/2/2009 6:01:11 PM) Looks like John Wayne Gacy. I wonder when he turned from God. Prayers.
	Report Comment Jolie2, (11/2/2009 6:16:46 PM) It is so sad how some people are willing to risk everything in order to get their sexual kicks.
	Report Comment skippy1, Tulsa (11/2/2009 6:30:16 PM) re:Tulsa tulsa- Very good question! Another question I have is; if those things were on there, did he know it? I am NOT defending this guy if he is a pedophile, just asking the first questions that come to mind. Before I had an 'Avast'anti-virus program installed, I had so much garbage just pop up on my computer. I guess since he resigned so quickly we must assume he is a creep....
	Report Comment Bullhead, - (11/2/2009 6:42:48 PM) If this is true, it makes him a sickening sack of sheep sh.. poop.
	Report Comment Elusive, the burbs (11/2/2009 6:48:30 PM) Makes you wonder what else he's done that he got away with, scary.
	Report Comment rdp, (11/2/2009 6:50:54 PM) What's scary is that he is just a drop in the bucket of the sickos that are out there.
	Report Comment Jolie2, (11/2/2009 6:53:12 PM) He isn't smiling in his mug shot, which is featured on newson6's article of today, titled "JAOK President Arrested On Complaints Of Possession Of Child Porn" (QLC, I think in this smiling photo, Boyd resembles Jenks coach Allan Trimble. In his mug shot, he looks more like comedian Jonathan Winters, when he was younger.)
	Report Comment 2nTulsa, Tulsa (11/2/2009 7:09:18 PM) yikes.
	Report Comment Jolie2, (11/2/2009 7:32:03 PM) QLC, after your comment, I went and did some reading about Gacy. I never had spent much time before doing that. This is an introductory paragraph from one website page that stands out: QUOTE Not many people who knew him would have suspected that John Wayne Gacy, a respected member of the Junior Chamber of Commerce in Des Plaines, Ill., a performing clown at neighborhood children's parties, a precinct captain in the local Democratic party, and the owner of his own contracting business would come to be known as one of the most prolific serial killers in U.S. history. END QUOTE and from another page: QUOTE To everyone who met him, John Wayne Gacy seemed a likable and affable man. He was widely respected in the community, charming and easy to get along with. He was a good Catholic and sharp businessman who, when not running his construction company was active in the Jaycees and was also a Democratic Party precinct captain, when he had his photo taken with then First Lady, Rosalynn Carter. He also spent much of his free time hosting elaborate street parties for his friends and neighbors, serving in community groups and entertaining children as "Pogo the Clown". He was a generous, hard working, friendly, devoted family man, everyone knew that -- but that was the side of John Wayne Gacy that he allowed people to see. Underneath the smiling mask of the clown was the face of depraved fiend. END QUOTE Some times, you just don't have any idea about what a person is really up to, from outside appearances.
	Report Comment Carlos, Tulsa (11/2/2009 8:02:05 PM) How did they know it was on his computer?
	Report Comment Popeye, T-Town (11/2/2009 8:25:52 PM) While you've got his attention, check him for meth and go through his underwear drawer...
	Report Comment FUTURE WORLD, Tulsa (11/2/2009 8:53:19 PM) Might also look under the bed and floor boards and do some ground radar in the back yard.
	Report Comment KJNOKIE, TULSA (11/2/2009 8:57:09 PM) The headline says "former". He was not "former" when arrested. He resigned after being arrested.
	Report Comment beau3985, Tulsa (11/2/2009 8:58:09 PM) So, he was arrested on "compaints?"
	Report Comment H_Harl, (11/2/2009 8:58:29 PM) Jolie2...that's what's so scary about real life monsters, like gacy. they never look or act like monsters to anyone except their victim.
	Report Comment enufsed, Beautiful S.E. (11/2/2009 9:33:15 PM) I bet next week's paycheck that he was molested as a young boy. Now he can get the help he needs.
	Report Comment Jolie2, (11/2/2009 9:33:45 PM) There isn't much being revealed about the investigation yet, but another news source that the police went to his house with a search warrant based on a tip they received. No more information was given. to KJNOKIE I noticed that, too. I guess it's supposed to help the JA organization look less connected to Boyd, by making it appear that he wasn't the current president when he was arrested. I think the headline is misleading. A more accurate headline would have been "Junior Achievement of Oklahoma president arrested on child porn complaints and resigns."
	Report Comment Few Clothes, America (11/2/2009 9:41:10 PM) Whack his pee pee.

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