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Georgia Child Porn Sweep Nets 23

By Conaway and Strickler

The ajc.com website reported in a story on March 10, 2009 that local, state, and federal agents had conducted a state wide sweep in Georgia which had resulted in the arrest of 27 people and more than 100 computers being confiscated. Two teenagers were amongst those arrested for possession of child pornography in Georgia. Now the forensic technicians will have to spend hour after hour searching for any trace of child porn pictures or video. John Bankhead, Georgia Bureau of Investigation, said the operation was called ?Operation Shattered Innocence? and that for the most part, all arrests were carried out. However, more arrest warrants will most likely be issued, including some for teenagers after investigators go through the hard drives. Investigators say that investigation did not center on an individual website but on the ?peer to peer? sites that exchange videos and pictures...continue to full post

Full post as published by Georgia Criminal Defense Blog on April 08, 2009 (boomark / email).