Original report
Hephzibah man booked in Columbia County on Child Exploitation charges
Grovetown police say a 38-year-old Hephzibah man sent explicit messages and nude images to someone he believed was a juvenile.
The report
Michael McClain, 38, of Hephzibah was booked June 3 in Columbia County on a Child Exploitation charge after Grovetown police said he sent sexually explicit messages and nude images to someone he believed was a juvenile.
Police said the investigation began in May through a social media app, and that McClain was told multiple times he was talking to a juvenile but kept messaging and discussed meeting in person. He was arrested around 5 a.m. June 3 in Grovetown, according to Grovetown Police Chief Jamey Kitchens.
