![]() The illegal content seized by police is child pornography that was made locally but also includes some that is being distributed worldwide through social media, online chat groups and messenger applications. Using this information our investigators obtained search warrants to seize electronics or examine devices on scene. The police department used information from cyber tips that were collected from the Internet Crimes Against Children division of the GBI. The juvenile who was rescued by police had been living with a youth minister, who has been charged with child molestation in addition to child exploitation. Investigators visited 21 locations during the course of this operation and made seven arrests. ![]() Those tips described images of suspected child pornography, which were later confirmed in some cases where police found graphic depictions of sex acts with children between the ages of two and 12-years-old. Operation Spring Cleaning was a two-day sweep of the city of Rome, Cave Spring and the unincorporated area to investigate suspicious cyber activity that was relayed to us by the Georgia Bureau of Investigation. Additional arrests are expected as follow ups continue this week. Seven people have been arrested up this point and stacks of devices have been collected that contain digital child pornography, including phones, computers, game systems and storage devices. An operation to purge the community of child pornography has resulted in the Floyd County Police Department rescuing one child from a home where pornography was being produced by a guardian who was serving in the community as a youth leader.
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