DECATUR, Ga. – Eighteen people in Georgia have been arrested on charges related to possession, production or distribution of images of child pornography using the Internet.
The arrests were part of "Operation Secret Guardian," an investigation by the Georgia Bureau of Investigation's Child Exploitation and Computer Crimes Unit (CEACC) and the Georgia Internet Crimes Against Children Task Force (ICAC.)
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The three-month investigation started in July.
Casilvo Valdivi Crisanto of Glynn County was one of the 18 people arrested. Crisanto is 42-years-old and works at a fast food restaurant.
Authorities seized 232 digital devices as evidence.
The 24 search warrants the CEACC and the ICAC executed spanned over 16 counties and resulted in 18 people being charged.
According to the Georgia Bureau of Investigation, additional arrests could be made.
The 18 people arrested were:
- Earl Benson, 68, Dawsonville, Georgia, contract employee
- Joseph Brantley, 59, Waynesboro, Georgia, auto parts store employee
- Jeremy Converse, 37, Dallas, Georgia, tow truck driver
- Casilvo Valdivi Crisanto, 42, Glynn County, fast food restaurant worker
- Isidro Delibrado, 49, Marietta, Georgia, flooring installer
- Richard Ellis Ford, 42, Rossville, Georgia, fast food worker
- Jaco Armani Griggs, 29, Covington, Georgia, unemployed/disabled
- Tyler Kauffman, 23 Marietta, Georgia, unknown
- Jason Kingry, 43, Atlanta, construction worker
- Bobby Justin Lynn, 29, Buford, Georgia, retail worker
- Uriah McCullers, 37, Bethlehem, Georgia, Walton County Sheriff's Office deputy
- Julio Gomez Munoz, 28, Roswell, Georgia, restaurant worker
- Samuel Oh, 30, Hinesville, Georgia, military personnel
- Juan Cesar Olvera, 38, Athens, Georgia, restaurant worker
- Matthew Payton, 32, Smyrna, Georgia, fast food worker
- Christopher Rinker, 46, Hamilton, Georgia, LAN engineer
- David Christopher Sammons, 29, Eatonton, Georgia, aerospace
- Colby Harrison Waldroup, 23, Monroe, Georgia, unknown