Walton County Man Arrested on Charges of Sexual Exploitation of Children

Monroe, GA (April 28, 2020) – On Monday, April 27, 2020, Charles DeLorenzo, 46, of Monroe, Walton County, GA was charged with four counts of Sexual Exploitation of Children (Possession of Child Pornography). An investigation into DeLorenzo by the Georgia Bureau of Investigation (GBI) began after information was received from the Federal Bureau of Investigation and the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children (NCMEC) regarding the possible upload and possession of child pornography by DeLorenzo to a cloud-based storage application. DeLorenzo was taken into custody by the GBI with the assistance of the Walton County Sheriff’s Office on April 27, 2020.

Lorenzo is currently being held at the Walton County Jail.

This investigation is part of the ongoing effort by the Internet Crimes Against Children (ICAC) Task Force, housed within the GBI’s Child Exploitation and Computer Crimes Unit, to identify those involved in the child pornography trade. 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 pornography, and the heightened online activity by predators searching for unsupervised contact with underage victims.

Anyone with information about this case or any other cases of child exploitation is asked to contact the Georgia Bureau of Investigation Child Exploitation and Computer Crimes Unit at 404-270-8870.