Mayor of Taylorsville Arrested for Attempting to Meet Minor for Sex
| FBI Atlanta October 28, 2011 |
Special Agent in Charge Brian D. Lamkin announces, on behalf of the FBI’s Northwest Georgia Safe Child Task Force, the following arrest at Chatsworth, Georgia:
Cary Rhodes, 57 years of age, of Taylorsville, Georgia (Bartow County), was arrested on Thursday, October 27, 2011, by FBI agents and task force officers after coming to the attention of undercover officers on the Internet. Rhodes, a self-employed engineer who currently serves as the mayor of Taylorsville, is facing state charges of attempted aggravated child molestation and violation of the Computer Pornography and Child Exploitation Act after having attempted to meet with a minor child for purposes of having sex. He was met instead by FBI agents and task force officers of the FBI’s Northwest Georgia Safe Child Task Force, where he was arrested.
Rhodes was taken to the Murray County Detention facility in Chatsworth, Georgia for processing.
The public should be reminded that the above are mere allegations and that all persons are presumed innocent until proven guilty in a court of law.