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Facebook Messenger texts lead to child porn arrest

Stephen Christopher Garrard (Credit: The Macon Telegraph)
Stephen Christopher Garrard (Credit: The Macon Telegraph)
By Raisa Habersham
Nov 8, 2016

A 51-year-old man was indicted on 35 counts of child sexual exploitation charges, according to the Macon Telegraph.

Stephen Christopher Garrard allegedly had images of minors engaged in sex acts on his phone, the paper reported.

The Georgia Bureau of Investigation and Bibb County Sheriff’s Office began investigating Garrard after they got a tip he allegedly sent one of the photos to another person through Facebook Messenger.

Garrard is out on bond.

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Raisa Habersham is the Intown Atlanta hyperlocal reporter for The Atlanta-Journal Constitution.

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