Monroe County Man Arrested for Child Sexual Exploitation

Forsyth, GA (June 21, 2021) – On Thursday, June 17, 2021, the Georgia Bureau of Investigation’s (GBI) Child Exploitation and Computer Crimes (CEACC) Unit, arrested Anthony Latrell Grier, 30, of Forsyth, Georgia. Grier was charged with six counts of Sexual Exploitation of Children (distribution of child pornography). The GBI CEACC Unit began an investigation into Grier’s online activity after receiving multiple Cybertips from the National Center of Missing and Exploited Children (NCMEC) regarding the online possession and distribution of images depicting child sexual abuse material to a popular online platform. This investigation led to a search warrant at Grier’s residence in Monroe County as well as a search of Grier’s person at the Department of Community Supervision in Lamar County. Grier was booked into the Monroe County Jail upon his arrest.

During the execution of the search warrants and the arrest of Grier, the GBI CEACC Unit was assisted by the Monroe County Sheriff’s Office, the Department of Community Supervision, and GBI agents from the Milledgeville field office, the Commercial Gambling Unit, and the Gang Task Force. 

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 other cases of child exploitation is asked to contact the Georgia Bureau of Investigation Child Exploitation and Computer Crimes Unit at 404-270-8870. Tips can also be submitted by calling 1-800-597-TIPS(8477), online at https://gbi.georgia.gov/submit-tips-online, or by downloading the See Something, Send Something mobile app.