The White County Grand Jury has indicted a Cleveland man on eight counts of child sexual exploitation. Jurors indicted 33-year-old William Chase Ellis this week in the year-old case.
On August 25, 2023, GBI agents arrested Ellis in a statewide crackdown on child cybersex crimes. He was among 26 suspects arrested by local, state, and federal agents during ‘Operation Sneaky Peach.’
In an unrelated case, grand jurors indicted 46-year-old John Stanly Burton of Cleveland. He is charged with two counts of false imprisonment, battery, and 3rd-degree child cruelty, among other charges. Deputies arrested Burton on May 23 following a domestic incident.
The grand jury issued 24 indictments in total, which were presented in superior court on Wednesday, July 3.
