capturing suspects in custody in Commerce, intercourse offender caught in Covington – WGAU

Police in Commerce have arrested two men from Macon: they are charged in a weekend shooting. 21 year old Dailan Alston and 20 year old Juaquin Chase are facing counts that include aggravated assault and armed robbery. A 68 year old man from Maysville was wounded and taken to an area hospital.

The body of a man from Murphy North Carolina has been pulled from Lake Nottely in Union County: 38 year-old Michael Kolar had been missing since late last week. He disappeared while snorkeling in the lake near Nottely Dam.

A Newton County man is arrested on child porn charges: police say 65 year-old Johnny Farino of Covington was already on Georgia’s sex offender registry after a conviction from 2013.

From WSB TV…

A Covington man is behind bars again after authorities arrested him for child sex crimes.

On July 13, Johnny Jay Farino, 65, of Covington (pictured) was arrested and charged with sexual exploitation of children.

The Georgia Bureau of Investigation received a cyber tip from the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children about an ongoing investigation.

After receiving the tip, the GBI conducted a search at a home in Newton County.

The cyber tip said Farino possessed and distributed child pornography.

Farino has been on the Georgia Sex Offender Registry after his conviction in 2013 for the sexual exploitation of children.

Farino was booked into the Newton 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.

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