Hall County Sheriff’s Office investigators arrested a Lula teenager on Tuesday for alleged possession of child sexual abuse material.
18-year-old Jaylen Malik Bell was taken into custody on July 15 after being interviewed at the sheriff’s office headquarters. He remains in the Hall County Jail without bond.
The arrest followed a two-month investigation by the sheriff’s Internet Crimes Against Children (ICAC) unit. Investigators launched the case on May 16 after receiving a cyber tip from the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children.
According to the sheriff’s office, Bell uploaded multiple sexually explicit images of children to his email account. Investigators obtained a warrant for his arrest and charged him with six counts of sexual exploitation of children.
The investigation is ongoing.
