McIntosh County Man Arrested After Online Child Porn Investigation

On December 11, 2024, the GBI arrested and charged 40-year-old Wesley Eugene Covenah of Townsend, McIntosh County, Georgia, with Sexual Exploitation of Children.

The GBI CEACC Unit began an investigation into Covenah’s online activity on September 17, 2024, after receiving a Cyber Tipline Report from the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children (NCMEC) regarding the possible online possession and distribution of child sexual abuse material. This investigation led to a search warrant for Covenah’s home and his subsequent arrest. The McIntosh County Sheriff’s Office assisted with the search warrant and arrest.

Covenah was booked into the McIntosh County Jail.

Anyone with information about other cases of child exploitation is asked to contact the Georgia Bureau of Investigation Child Exploitation and Computer Crimes Unit at 404-270-8870 or report via the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children CyberTipline at Cybertipline.org.

Anonymous tips can also be submitted by calling 1-800-597-TIPS (8477), online at https://gbi.georgia.gov/submit-tips-online, or by downloading the See Something, Send Something mobile app.