30-year-old GA man arrested for child sexual exploitation

THOMASTON – The Georgia Bureau of Investigation has arrested a Georgia man on eight counts of sexual exploitation of children.

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The Georgia Bureau of Investigation (CEACC) Child Exploitation and Computer Crimes Unit arrested and charged John Howard Booker, 30, of Upson County, Georgia, on Wednesday, May 15, 2024, with eight counts of child sexual exploitation. The GBI’s CEACC Division began an investigation into Booker’s online activities after he received a cyber tipline report from the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children (NCMEC) about the possible online possession and distribution of child sexual abuse material had received. This investigation led to a search warrant at Booker’s home in 2023. After further investigation, investigators obtained arrest warrants for Booker in 2024.

Booker turned himself in to the Upson County Jail on May 15, 2024.

This investigation is part of an ongoing effort by the Internet Crimes Against Children (ICAC) Task Force, housed within the GBI’s Child Exploitation and Computer Crimes Division, to identify those involved in the trafficking of child sexual abuse material. Created by the U.S. Department of Justice, the ICAC program was developed in response to the increasing number of children and teens using the Internet, the proliferation of child sexual abuse material, and the increasing online activity of criminals seeking unsupervised contact with underage victims.

Anyone with information about other child exploitation cases is asked to contact the Georgia Bureau of Investigation Child Exploitation Unit at 404-270-8870 or report it through the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children’s CyberTipline at CyberTipline.org.

Anonymous tips can also be submitted by phone at 1-800-597-TIPS (8477), online at https://gbi.georgia.gov/submit-tips-online or by downloading the “See Something, Send Something” mobile app.