Hall County Man Arrested for the Sexual Exploitation of Children

Gainesville, GA (August 12, 2024) – On Wednesday, August 7, 2024, the Georgia Bureau of Investigation’s Child Exploitation and Computer Crimes (CEACC) Unit arrested and charged Alexander Webster, age 29, with 5 counts of Sexual Exploitation of Children in Hall County, Georgia, as well as six additional counts of Sexual Exploitation of Children in Jackson County, Georgia.

The GBI CEACC Unit began an investigation into Webster’s online activity after receiving a Cyber Tipline Report from the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children (NCMEC) regarding the possible online possession and distribution of child sexual abuse material. This investigation led to a search warrant at Webster’s Hall County home and his subsequent arrest, as well as additional charges relating to the Production of Child Sexual Abuse Material in Jackson County. The GBI CEACC unit was aided in the execution of this search warrant by the Hall County Sheriff’s Office and Homeland Security Investigations/U.S. Department of Homeland Security.

Webster was booked into the Hall County Jail upon his arrest.

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 trade of child sexual abuse material. 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 sexual abuse material, 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 Unit at 404-270-8870 or report via the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children CyberTipline at CyberTipline.org.

Anonymous 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.