On June 29, Task Force officers with the Internet Crimes Against Children Task Force assisted the Panola County Sheriff’s Office Criminal Investigations Division in executing a search warrant at the residence of Joseph Kelley, 23, of Batesville, the sheriff’s office said. Kelley was arrested on a charge of possession of child sexual abuse material.
The Mississippi Attorney General’s Office, which hosts the state’s ICAC Task Force, said the effort includes nearly 90 law enforcement agencies and about 145 personnel across the state to address threats to children.
The attorney general’s Cyber Crime Division can be reached at 601-359-3680, the office said. The office also provided its cyber crime page at https://attorneygenerallynnfitch.com/divisions/cyber-crime/ and directed the public to file online reports with the FBI’s Internet Crime Complaint Center at https://www.ic3.gov/ or the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children at https://www.missingkids.org/.
The Panola County Sheriff’s Office said it is proud to partner with the attorney general’s office as a member of the task force and urged residents to report tips to Crime Stoppers of Panola County at 662-209-2011.
