Authorities are urging anyone whose children have had contact with a Pensacola nanny and foster parent who was also allegedly a pornography actress to contact the Escambia County Sheriff's Office.

Deputies on Monday arrested Nicole Lynn Walter, 27, on charges of lewd and lascivious behavior, possession of child pornography, aggravated assault and resisting arrest. She was booked into the Escambia County Jail without bond.

Walter was a nanny and a licensed foster parent, and authorities asked that anyone whose children have had previous contact with Walter to contact ECSO investigator Jeremy Horn at 850-436-9586 or jahorn@escambiaso.com. Walter has also used the names Nicole Steff and Nicole Stearns.

"When we first got the reports on Ms. Walter and started the investigation, upon the search warrant that was executed at her home, that's where we found child pornography, and in that child pornography, are depictions of children that possibly are in that home or somewhere in Escambia County. And so therefore we're asking for your assistance," said Sheriff David Morgan during a Facebook live video announcing Walter's arrest. "Again if your child ever had contact with this lady, that you get a hold of our investigator. And again, for the sake of your child, let's make sure that we eliminate them as a possibility for molestation by this individual."

According to her arrest report, Walter is a self-employed pornography actress who made movies of herself masturbating in public areas. She is accused of recording videos of herself masturbating in the presence of and while engaged in conversations with children. Children can be heard talking in the background of the videos uploaded to various pornographic websites, according to her arrest report.

The ECSO began investigating Walter in January after the Florida Abuse Hotline alerted the agency and the Florida Department of Children and Families about a possible sexual offense.

One child later disclosed to investigators that Walter had molested her, and two other children spoke to law enforcement about seeing Walter inappropriately touch herself in front of a camera, according to the arrest report.

A search of Walter's property uncovered two pornographic images depicting children on an SD card hidden in a drawer underneath Walter’s mattress, the report stated.

In the same video announcing Walter's arrest, Morgan also sent a warning to all Escambia County parents about the dangers that online stalkers pose to children. He said detectives have noticed a disturbing increase in cyber-crimes committed by adults preying on children in recent weeks.

Because of school closures due to the coronavirus, children are spending more time at home and online. This has made children more vulnerable to cyber-crimes, he said.

"Now that our children are at home, and they're spending hours and hours on the computer, Facebooking their friends and on their tablets, we're also finding again a tremendous uptick — and let me repeat that — a tremendous uptick in online stalking," he said.

Morgan urged parents to be vigilant about what their children are doing online.

"These people are in our communities, unfortunately, and they're preying upon our children,” Morgan said. “So it's incumbent upon all of us, not just in law enforcement, but certainly the citizens of Escambia County, and especially you parents, to please, please monitor your children."

Colin Warren-Hicks can be reached at colinwarrenhicks@pnj.com or 850-435-8680.