DeKalb Man Facing Child Sex Crime Charges In Cyber Probe

DECATUR, GA — A 37-year-old DeKalb County man is facing child sex crime charges after authorities accused him of owning and distributing child sex abuse material.

The Georgia Bureau of Investigation said Monday Jamison Parker was charged Thursday on suspicion of six counts of exploitation of children.

He was arrested by the GBI's Child Exploitation and Computer Crimes Unit and taken to the DeKalb County Jail, authorities said.

State authorities began investigating Parker after receiving a cyber tip from the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children regarding the possible online possession and distribution of child sexual abuse material.

The GBI and the Decatur Police Department executed a warrant to search Parker's home, and he was then arrested, the GBI said.

"This investigation is part of the ongoing effort by the Internet Crimes Against Children Task Force, housed within the GBI’s Child Exploitation and Computer Crimes Unit, to identify those involved in the trade of child sexual abuse material. The ICAC Program, created by the U.S. Department of Justice, was developed in response to the increasing number of children and teenagers using the internet, the proliferation of child sexual abuse material and the heightened online activity by predators searching for unsupervised contact with underage victims," the GBI said in a news release.