Guyton Man Charged with Sexual Exploitation of a Child

A Guyton man is in the Effingham County Jail today facing multiple charges stemming from an investigation between the Effingham County Sheriff’s Office Internet Crimes Against Children Task Force and the Department Of Homeland Security.

Investigators with the Effingham County Sheriff’s Office Internet Crimes Against Children Task made contact with Brandon Fanning, 19, of Guyton at a residence in the 100 block of Lakeshore Road Guyton, Georgia this morning following an ongoing investigation into sexual exploitation of children.

The investigation revealed that Fanning had been molesting an underage boy and possessed videos of the sexual acts between he and the victim which he was sharing.

Fanning has been charged with aggravated child molestation, child molestation, and sexual exploitation of a child.

This case remains under investigation by the Effingham County Sheriff’s Office and the United States Department of Homeland Security.

The Effingham County Sheriff’s Office are cooperative members of the Georgia Internet Crimes against Children Task Force (ICAC). The ICAC Task Force program was created by the Department of Justice to help State and Local Law Enforcement agencies enhance their investigative response to offenders who use the Internet, online communications systems, or other computer technology to sexually exploit children. The program is currently composed of 61 regional Task Force agencies across the nation and is funded by the United States Department of Justice, Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention. Georgia’s ICAC Regional Task Force is supervised by the Georgia Bureau of Investigation. The Georgia ICAC Task Force is comprised of local, state and federal law enforcement agencies within the State of Georgia.

“Protecting our children is one of the highest priorities at the Effingham County Sheriff’s Office, and we will continue to pursue these cases in the future with ICAC.” said Sheriff Jimmy McDuffie.

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