Demorest man charged with sexual exploitation of children

A Demorest man is out of jail on bond after being arrested and charged in a child pornography case. A Habersham County internet crimes investigator arrested Kevin Mitchell Owens on August 17 after receiving a cyber tip, jail records show.

Owens is accused of possessing material that appeared to show a minor engaging in a sexual act. Th Habersham County Sheriff’s Internet Crimes Against Children Task Force was assigned the case on August 11. On August 17, officials took the 48-year-old Owens into custody.

Owens is charged with one count of sexual exploitation of children. He was released from jail on an $11,100 bond.