GBI Arrests Rome Man in Sexual Exploitation of Children Investigation

The GBI has arrested and charged Dawson Shoemake Bragg, age 25, of Rome, Floyd County, Georgia with Sexual Exploitation of Children.

In January 2025, the GBI CEACC Unit began an investigation into Bragg’s online activity 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 Bragg’s subsequent arrest. The Floyd County Police Department, the Chattooga County Sheriff’s Office, and the GBI regional investigative office in Calhoun assisted with the investigation and Bragg’s arrest.
Bragg was booked into the Floyd County Jail.

This investigation is part of the ongoing effort by the Internet Crimes Against Children (ICAC) Task Force, housed withinthe GBI’s Child Exploitation and Computer Crimes Unit, to identify those involved in the trade of child sexual abuse material. The ICAC Program, created by the US Department of Justice, was developed in response to the increasing number of children and teenagers using the internet, the proliferation of child sexual abuse material, and the heightened online activity by predators searching for unsupervised contact with underage victims.

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.