GBI Arrests Camilla Man in Sexual Exploitation of Children Investigation

Camilla, Mitchell County, GA (February 24, 2025) – The GBI has arrested and charged Colvin Granato, age 20, of Camilla, Mitchell County, Georgia with Sexual Exploitation of Children.

In August 2024, the GBI CEACC Unit began an investigation into Granato’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 Granato’s subsequent arrest. The Mitchell County Sheriff’s Office and the Decatur County Sheriff’s Office assisted with the investigation and Granato’s arrest. 

Granato was booked into the Mitchell County Jail.

This investigation is part of the ongoing effort by the Internet Crimes Against Children (ICAC) Task Force, housed withinthe 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 and Computer Crimes 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.