DECATUR — The Georgia Bureau of Investigation announced Thursday morning the arrest of 26 suspects — including one Forest Park man — who were arrested over an 11-day period in a statewide child exploitation operation named “Operation Sneaky Peach.”
According to Clayton County court records, Randy Ho, 22, of Forest Park, is charged with eight counts of furnishing obscene material to minors electronically.
Court records show Ho is currently out on a $12,500 bond and has a preliminary hearing scheduled Sept. 20 at 8:30 a.m. via Zoom in Clayton County Magistrate Court.
On Aug. 24, an arrest warrant was issued for Ho and he had his first appearance hearing Aug. 25 in Magistrate Court.
The GBI Child Exploitation and Computer Crimes Unit, along with 24 participating agencies that are all part of the Georgia Internet Crimes Against Children (ICAC) Task Force, participated in the operation.
Operation Sneaky Peach was a statewide, multi-jurisdictional coordinated effort by all agencies involved to identify and arrest individuals involved in technology facilitated crimes against children.
The GBI said Operation Sneaky Peach involved three months of planning and included both proactive and reactive cases investigated by the GBI and affiliate agencies with the Georgia ICAC Task Force.
Proactive investigations consisted of targeting peer-to-peer network users sharing child sexual abuse material (commonly known as child pornography) and undercover chat investigations targeting those that communicate with and arrange to meet what is believed to be a child for the purpose of engaging in sexual acts.
Reactive investigations consisted of working CyberTips received from the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children that involved the possession, distribution, and/or manufacturing of CSAM.
During Operation Sneaky Peach, law enforcement…
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