Teen charged with child pornography
By Jennifer J. Howard
5/17/2004
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By JENNIFER J. HOWARD
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A 16-year-old Cumming boy was arrested by Forsyth County deputies May 5 for having child pornography on his home computer.
The Georgia Bureau of Investigation contacted Forsyth authorities about information that had been obtained by the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children.
The county?s white collar crimes unit investigated and seized a computer from the boy?s home.
Based on the results of the images recovered from the computer, the Sheriff?s Office charged him with child pornography.
"There were several thousand images, some illegal and some were not. Unfortunately in today?s world you can get images on-line left and right, for free. Many of the images were not illegal, but there were some that were illegal because there was clearly a child of improper age involved,? said Capt. Ron Freeman, of the Forsyth County Sheriff?s Department. "There is everything you can dream of. I don?t want to see all of them. I unfortunately had to see some of them, some of the ones that were illegal.?
The boy, who is a juvenile and cannot be named legally, has been turned over to the Department of Juvenile Justice.
"For an adult, the charges would be a felony. But juvenile court is a little different system. You don?t really get found guilty in juvenile court. If someone is charged as an adult with this crime, it would be a felony,? Freeman said. "Just the mere possession of child pornography is very serious in our eyes.?
The teen has had a preliminary hearing but no court date has been set.