Nearby: Pickens Man Arrested on Child Porn Charges

A Pickens County man has been charged with possession of child pornography by the Georgia Bureau of Investigation.

Thomas Rodriguez, 36, of Fairmount was charged with four counts of sexual exploitation of children, according to a press release from the GBI. 

Jail records show Rodriguez was booked into the Pickens County Jail the morning of Wednesday, July 16 and later bonded out of the facility on Thursday, July 17.

The arrest was made after the Georgia Bureau of Investigation and the Pickens County Sheriff’s Office executed a search warrant at Rodriguez’s residence "where evidence of child pornography was located," the GBI stated.

The state agency initiated the investigation after "numerous reports were received" from the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children regarding emails containing suspected child pornography, the agency said.  

The GBI’s investigation led them to Rodriguez's home on West Destiny Drive. At that location, GBI Digital Forensic investigators conducted forensic previews on computers found inside the residence.

Images of suspected child pornography were found on the computers, the GBI said.