BRUNSWICK — State Police arrested Gary L. Norton, 35, of Argyle, N.Y., on Sept. 8 for six counts of unlawful dissemination or publication of an intimate image and six counts of obscenity in the third degree.
Troopers received a complaint on Aug. 15 at about 6:20 p.m. that forged explicit photos of individuals had been posted to a public website without their permission.
The investigation determined Norton allegedly took casual photos of numerous individuals known to him from social media.
He then allegedly used those images with the assistance of artificial intelligence to create fictitious intimate images of the individuals without their knowledge or permission.
Norton reportedly published those explicit photos on a public website where they were presented as true images, again without the victims’ knowledge or permission.
Norton surrendered himself to State Police Greenwich where he was arrested and later processed.
He was issued an appearance ticket returnable to the Argyle Town Court on Oct. 21 and released.
