Hall County

Hall County man charged with sending out child porn online nearly 2 years ago

FLOWERY BRANCH, Ga. — A Hall County man is facing child porn charges after investigators say he sent explicit photos online.

Jason Hunter McAuley, 30, was arrested on Monday after an investigation that lasted more than a year.

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In October 2021, Hall County deputies learned that the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children received a tip about someone sharing child porn via an instant messenger in July 2021.

Investigators were able to track that child porn back to McAuley’s home on New Fern Lane in Flowery Branch.

After processing his phone in January 2023, they found another pornographic image of a child.

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McAuley is now charged with three counts of sexual exploitation of a minor. Two of the charges come from having and sending the first image in July 2021. The third stems from the image found on his phone.

He has since been released from the Hall County Jail.

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