GBI Charges Elbert Co Man with Obscene Contact with Child

An Elbert County man has been arrested by the Georgia Bureau of Investigation and charged with obscene internet contact with a child.

He is 54-year old Paul Brooks of Elbert County.

GBI spokeswoman Natalie Ammons tells WLHR News the Georgia Bureau of Investigation Child Exploitation and Computer Crimes initiated an investigation after receiving a request for assistance from the Elbert County Sheriff’s Office.

Information was received from the Carbondale Police Department in Kansas, that Brooks was allegedly messaging a minor in an obscene and sexual manner.

The investigation by the Carbondale Police Department and the GBI led to Brooks’ subsequent arrest on November 15, 2022.

Ammons said the investigation is still ongoing and further charges may be pending.

Brooks arrest 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.

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 mo