Friday, March 15, 2013
"We won't have any comment," a man who answered the door at Michael William Cook's home said today.
The Harrison High student who allegedly posted naked photos of at least eight children on pornographic websites created a company to gain the trust of the juveniles. Cobb County Police Sgt. Dana Pierce said Friday that authorities believe Michael William Cook operated under the company name Maxi Focus Photography between Nov. 1, 2012, and Jan. 1, the time frame that he allegedly posted onto pornographic websites individuals’ "naked" or "erotic" photos that he obtained through fraudulent means. The individuals depicted in the images are all under the age of 18, records show. One was 14 years old at the time the photo was taken. The children attend "several high schools," according to WSB-TV. "He was using Maxi Focus Photography as a ruse to…
Thursday, March 14, 2013
He was arrested Wednesday about 2 p.m.
Authorities are investigating a Harrison High student who allegedly posted naked photos of at least eight children on pornographic websites, according to a Cobb County criminal warrant. Michael William Cook of Acworth was arrested about 2 p.m. Wednesday at Harrison, where he is a senior, according to online jail records. He is being held without bond in the Cobb County jail on various felony charges, including seven counts of cruelty to children in the first degree and one count of distribution of child pornography. Between Nov. 1, 2012, and Jan. 1, at a home in the 1200 block of Eldon Pointe NW, Cook allegedly posted to pornographic websites "naked" or "erotic" photos of people that he obtained through fraudulent means. The children …
Thursday, January 10, 2013
According to a United States attorney’s office, Tremain Hutchinson allegedly enticed teenagers to share nude photographs and then threatened to post them online.
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Thursday, January 10
A Cobb County man has been indicted for using social media to lure and then force teenagers into sending him nude pictures. Tremain Hutchinson, 27, of Mableton, was indicted by a federal grand jury on Dec. 18, 2012, on charges that he induced and coerced minors into producing child pornography, enticed and coerced minors into engaging in sexual activity, received and possessed child pornography, and transferred obscene material to minors. Hutchinson was arraigned in federal court Wednesday before U.S. Magistrate Judge E. Clayton Scofield III and was detained without bond. “Hutchinson is charged with exploiting social media to victimize children,” United States Attorney Sally Quillian Yates said in a news release Wednesday. “His conduct is …
Allison Knight-Khan
10:57 pm on Thursday, April 18, 2013
My heart does not go out to his mother. My heart goes out to all the children who were used wrongfully. I teach my daughter to observe purdah, so this would not happen to her. He deserves to be punished. He was manipulative--he created a company that hurt, abused and exposed innocent children. It feeds a sick population. No doubt it was all about the money. My heart also goes out to the police … more ›