BUTTS COUNTY, Ga. — A University of Tampa physics professor has been arrested on three counts of sexual exploitation of children, for possessing child sexual abuse material, on a warrant out of Georgia.

The Georgia Bureau of Investigation announced that Dr. Ethan Deneault, of Tampa, was under investigation beginning in May 2023 after receiving a CyberTip from the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children alleging that Deneault was in possession of CSAM and may have distributed it as well.

A forensic search of electronic devices showed Deneault had been in Butts County, Ga. in January 2023 when the offenses occurred, the GBI said.