Hall Co man arrested on child porn charges

A raid on a home in Flowery Branch lands a man in the Hall County jail: investigators say they found more than 12 hundred images of child pornography on 15 devices owned by Joshua Rivers, who is being held without bond at the jail in Gainesville.

From WSB TV…

A Flowery Branch man is behind bars after investigators charged him with more than 1,200 counts of sexual exploitation of a minor.

The Hall County Sheriff’s Office said it executed a search warrant on Joshua Rivers’ home Wednesday morning where they seized 15 different electronic devices.

On them, deputies said they found “hundreds of images of child pornography saved.”

Investigators said Rivers had obtained the images during an eight-month period beginning in September 2022.

Deputies said their investigation started after receiving a time from National Center for Missing and Exploited Children two weeks ago.

“Following Wednesday’s search of the home, the Georgia Bureau of Investigation Child Exploitation and Computer Crimes Unit processed electronics seized from his residence,” the sheriff’s office said in a news release.

Rivers was arrested following an interview at the sheriff’s office headquarters Wednesday. He is currently being held in the Hall County Jail without bond.

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