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Child Exploitation Charges against Peachtree City Golf Pro

By Conaway and Strickler

The growth of the Internet and its many uses is unprecedented; however, many communities are often shocked when someone within a neighborhood is arrested by law enforcement for using the Internet to sexually exploit children by arranging secretive meetings. An article recently reported that a Peachtree golf pro who teaches children group golf lessons has been arrested for child exploitation in Georgia. Apparently, the man had set-up a meeting via the Internet with someone whom he was under the impression was a minor, but that turned out to be a federal agent. Before becoming an employee at Jonesboro?s Lake Spivey Golf Course, background checks were conducted on the 45-year-old man, but those background checks did not show any criminal record or signs of child abuse...continue to full post

Full post as published by Georgia Criminal Defense Blog on September 16, 2009 (boomark / email).