Alpharetta neighborhood photog Dirk LaPaglia busted for child porn

An Alpharetta man who volunteered to photograph neighborhood functions such as swim meets and fall festivals has been charged with possession of child po, the FBI announced Thursday.

Dirk LaPaglia, 53, is accused of superimposing children's faces collected from photos he had snapped on top of poographic images. The FBI said he was found with "hundreds of such images."

Johns Creek police were alerted to LaPaglia after he was accused of stalking a minor child, anonymously sending them suggestive packages, an FBI spokesman said. He was charged with stalking on April 15 and Johns Creek authorities say there may have been other victims.

LaPaglia will make his initial court appearance Thursday afteoon before a U.S. magistrate. Parents conceed about their children's pictures being included among those LaPaglia is alleged to have possessed should contact the FBI.