11 Charged In Multi-County Child Exploitation Case In Georgia

GEORGIA — Several people were recently arrested in a multi-county child exploitation case, the Georgia Bureau of Investigation said Wednesday.

The agency led Operation Happy New Year from Jan. 23-26 in Clayton, DeKalb, Newton, Spalding, Gwinnett and Fulton counties. Seventeen search warrants were executed, resulting in the arrests of 11 people on suspicion of child exploitation charges, the GBI said.

Authorities established Operation Happy New Year after receiving cyber tips from the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children, the GBI said.

The purpose of the joint operation, headed by the GBI's Internet Crimes Against Children Task Force, is to identify people authorities said are connected to the child pornography trade.

The following people were arrested during the operation, according to the GBI:

• Sudesh Rajkoomar, 26, arrested in Newton County on suspicion of three counts of sexual exploitation of children
• Jeoffrey Jenkins, 18, arrested in DeKalb County on suspicion of two counts of sexual exploitation of children
• Miguel Castillo, 45, arrested in Clayton County on suspicion of one count of sexual exploitation of children
• Brent Felix, 50, arrested in DeKalb County on suspicion of four counts of sexual exploitation of children
• Joshua Casey, 37, arrested in Clayton County on suspicion of one count of sexual exploitation of children
• Timothy Smallwood, 41, arrested in Spalding County on suspicion of 12 counts of internet contact with a child
• Louis Belgio, 56, arrested in Clayton County on suspicion of three counts of sexual exploitation of children
• Omalin Jahir Perez-Carrasco, 24, arrested in Newton County on suspicion of three counts of sexual exploitation of children
• La’Quantay Stevens, 23, arrested in DeKalb County on suspicion of five counts of sexual exploitation of children
• James Burns, Jr., 62, arrested in Gwinnett County on suspicion of eight counts of sexual exploitation of children
• Jesus Mireles-Aguilar, 25, arrested in Fulton County on suspicion of seven counts of sexual exploitation of children

Those arrested were taken to the county jail where the arrests took place.

The GBI was assisted in Operation Happy New Year by the Gwinnett County Police Department, the Newton County Sheriff’s Office, the Spalding County Sheriff’s Office, the DeKalb County Police Department, the Atlanta Police Department, the Clayton County Police Department and Homeland Security Investigations.