Hartwell, GA (April 9, 2020) – On Tuesday, April 7, 2020, Jessie Shumake, of Hartwell, Georgia was charged with two counts of Sexual Exploitation of Children, four counts of Aggravated Child Molestation, and two counts of Child Molestation. The arrest was made with assistance from the Hart County Sheriff’s Office. This arrest was the result of a GBI investigation into the possible sexual exploitation of children by Shumake via an online service.

Shumake is currently being held at the Hart 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 and the online sexual exploitation of children. 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 Computer Crimes and Child Exploitation Unit at 404-270-8870.

Contact

Assistant Special Agent in Charge Lindsay Marchant

[email protected]