Gainesville Man Arrested For Distributing Child Porn

GAINESVILLE, GA — Hall County Sheriff’s Office Investigators arrested a Gainesville man late last week during an investigation into the distribution of child pornography.

Mark Jason Wood, 44, of Gainesville, was charged with nine counts of distribution of child sexual abuse material and one count of sexual exploitation of children. Wood was taken into custody by Investigators after they executed a search warrant at his Whitmire Circle residence on Thursday, Aug. 15.

Wood was charged with the exploitation count on the day of his arrest for being in possession of a video depicting minor children engaged in sexually explicit conduct and acts. Investigators obtained an additional arrest warrant for the distribution counts on Friday, Aug. 16, when examination of devices seized during the search of Wood’s residence revealed approximately nine videos of minors engaged in sexually explicit conduct

The Sheriff’s Office, in cooperation with the Georgia Internet Crimes Against Children (ICAC) Task Force, detected the criminal activity during an online investigation that began on Aug. 3.

Wood remained in the Hall County Jail without bond on Monday, Aug. 19. The case remains under investigation by the Sheriff’s Office and ICAC Task Force.