A 20-year-old Milton man was arrested Wednesday for online after he arranged to meet an undercover agent posing as an underage female, Barrow County Crime Task Force investigators released today.
Garrett Gregory Fiddyment is charged with one count enticing a child for indecent purposes, three counts of violation of the computer pornography child exploitation act and one count of misdemeanor possession of marijuana.
An undercover task force investigator assigned from the Statham Police Department posed as the underage female and chatted online with Fiddyment for only one hour, until Fiddyment suggested a meeting.
Fiddyment, who was in Athens at the time, drove to Barrow County to meet the female with the intent to have sexual relations with her.
Instead, task force investigators met him and made the arrest without incident. Law enforcement agents discovered a small amount of marijuana in Fiddyment’s vehicle after arrest.
Fiddyment’s arrests marks the tenth arrest by the Barrow County Sheriff’s Office since the undercover investigations began in September 2010.
Sheriff Jud Smith said, “We will continue to be aggressive and diligent in locating these suspects who are preying on our children.”


He was coming to this county to HAVE SEX WITH A 14 YEAR OLD GIRL, who lives in this county. What do you think we should do, let them have sex then arrest him when he leaves the bedroom. As far as the investigation goes, we dont know where they are from until they want to set the meeting up...dont try and post things you know nothing about,,, so yes this post is VERY umpopular.
We're fishing for criminals in the area (haven't seen one yet from Barrow County) when we could be taking criminals who have already committed crimes in Barrow County off the streets or patrolling to prevent other crimes locally. It smacks of pandering for positive headlines to me. Let's not forget too the costs to come of prosecuting and punishing these people.
I'm not defending the potential child molesters/statutory rapists here. I'm just saying that we must use our resources wisely, especially in financial times as these. We should be putting more effort into protecting real people, not fake ones. Quit luring potential criminals from all over NE GA and instead focus on the ones already here first.
...Doh!
What do you think we should do, let them have sex then arrest him when he leaves the bedroom.
....Doh!
The real issue is with the District Attorney, Brad Smith & the judges letting these people back out.
When somebody has 14 charges against them and 5 of them are probation violations, how do they manage to get out of jail?
They will sentence somebody to a year in jail for disorderly conduct, but they'll give probation to someone with umteen number of drug charges..where's the logic?
Are the judges being paid off?
I wonder how much corruption is going on at the Barrow County Courthouse...
I've seen chat logs from a few of these stings, and sure the girl kind of leads the guy on, but it isn't like she says "hey, come over and have sex with me". All sexual talk is started by the predator. And obviously it would be possible for him to back out at the last moment, but if he tells her online that he wants to have sex with her, then actually takes the time to drive over there, chances are he isn't coming over for the sweet tea.
I say lets but the justified back in the justice system instead of making blanket laws.
know better.I think anyone that would go online and even chat with an underage kid has got issues they need to deal with.What business does any grown person have going online looking for kids for any reason??????
I wonder how many of these guys are led to believe that they are meeting up with an adult female.
Only to arrive at the meeeting place and end getting arrested.
The old bait and switch game.
Like to see the on-line conversation transcript.
Always front page news when a guy is charged...not found guilty...just charged.
Wonder how many of these cases get thrown out of court? charges dropped or reduced?
I wonder if this is border line entrapment?
On the other hand...
Why would a grown man do something like this?...I mean there are plenty of dating/hook-up sites on the internet.
With real adult women looking for companionship.
Heck, when I was 14yo I was not interested in 14 yo girls...I had my eye (the good one) on the 21yo down the street.
-Gangari
Thats what we call entrapment, sorry better things to do then " create crime" plenty of that out there already. As far as them coming to meet an adult female, well then they wouldnt come. That actually get in the chartroom where there are young girls. And the police do not start the conversation, they wait on someone to talk to them,therefore not entrapment. We don't make them get in the car and drive two hours to meet the young girl, we are just waiting on them when they get here
-OE
(1) 'Child' means any person under the age of 16 years.
(2) 'Identifiable child' means a person:
(A) Who was a child at the time the visual depiction was created, adapted, or modified or whose image as a child was used in creating, adapting, or modifying the visual depiction; and
(B) Who is recognizable as an actual person by the persońs face, likeness, or other distinguishing characteristic, such as a unique birthmark or other recognizable feature or by electronic or scientific means as may be available.
The term shall not be construed to require proof of the actual identity of the child.
(3) 'Sadomasochistic abuse' has the same meaning as provided in Code Section 16-12-100.1.
(4) 'Sexual conduct' has the same meaning as provided in Code Section 16-12-100.1.
(5) 'Sexual excitement' has the same meaning as provided in Code Section 16-12-100.1.
(6) 'Sexually explicit nudity' has the same meaning as provided in Code Section 16-12-102.
(7) 'Visual depiction' means any image and includes undeveloped film and video tape and data stored on computer disk or by electronic means which is capable of conversion into a visual image or which has been created, adapted, or modified to show an identifiable child engaged in sexually explicit conduct.
(c)(1) A person commits the offense of computer pornography if such person intentionally or willfully:
(A) Compiles, enters into, or transmits by means of computer;
(B) Makes, prints, publishes, or reproduces by other computerized means;
(C) Causes or allows to be entered into or transmitted by means of computer; or
(D) Buys, sells, receives, exchanges, or disseminates
any notice, statement, or advertisement, or any child́s name, telephone number, place of residence, physical characteristics, or other descriptive or identifying information for the purpose of offering or soliciting sexual conduct of or with an identifiable child or the visual depiction of such conduct.
(2) Any person convicted of violating paragraph (1) of this subsection shall be punished by a fine of not more than $10,000.00 and by imprisonment for not less than one nor more than 20 years.
(d)(1) It shall be unlawful for any person intentionally or willfully to utilize a computer on-line service or Internet service, including but not limited to a local bulletin board service, Internet chat room, e-mail, or on-line messaging service to seduce, solicit, lure, or entice, or attempt to seduce, solicit, lure, or entice a child or another person believed by such person to be a child to commit any illegal act described in Code Section 16-6-2, relating to the offense of sodomy or aggravated sodomy; Code Section 16-6-4, relating to the offense of child molestation or aggravated child molestation; Code Section 16-6-5, relating to the offense of enticing a child for indecent purposes; or Code Section 16-6-8, relating to the offense of public indecency or to engage in any conduct that by its nature is an unlawful sexual offense against a child.
(2) Any person who violates paragraph (1) of this subsection shall be guilty of a felony and, upon conviction thereof, shall be punished by imprisonment for not less than one nor more than 20 years and by a fine of not more than $25,000.00; provided, however, that, if at the time of the offense the victim was 14 or 15 years of age and the defendant was no more than three years older than the victim, then the defendant shall be guilty of a misdemeanor of a high and aggravated nature.
(e)(1) A person commits the offense of obscene Internet contact with a child if he or she has contact with someone he or she knows to be a child or with someone he or she believes to be a child via a computer on-line service or Internet service, including but not limited to a local bulletin board service, Internet chat room, e-mail, or on-line messaging service, and the contact involves any matter containing explicit verbal descriptions or narrative accounts of sexually explicit nudity, sexual conduct, sexual excitement, or sadomasochistic abuse that is intended to arouse or satisfy the sexual desire of either the child or the person, provided that no conviction shall be had for a violation of this subsection on the unsupported testimony of a child.
(2) Any person who violates paragraph (1) of this subsection shall be guilty of a felony and, upon conviction thereof, shall be punished by imprisonment for not less than one nor more than ten years or by a fine of not more than $10,000.00; provided, however, that, if at the time of the offense the victim was 14 or 15 years of age and the defendant was no more than three years older than the victim, then the defendant shall be guilty of a misdemeanor of a high and aggravated nature.
(f)(1) It shall be unlawful for any owner or operator of a computer on-line service, Internet service, or local bulletin board service intentionally or willfully to permit a subscriber to utilize the service to commit a violation of this Code section, knowing that such person intended to utilize such service to violate this Code section. No owner or operator of a public computer on-line service, Internet service, or local bulletin board service shall be held liable on account of any action taken in good faith in providing the aforementioned services.
(2) Any person who violates paragraph (1) of this subsection shall be guilty of a misdemeanor of a high and aggravated nature.
(g) The sole fact that an undercover operative or law enforcement officer was involved in the detection and investigation of an offense under this Code section shall not constitute a defense to prosecution under this Code section.
(h) A person is subject to prosecution in this state pursuant to Code Section 17-2-1, relating to jurisdiction over crimes and persons charged with commission of crimes generally, for any conduct made unlawful by this Code section which the person engages in while either within or outside of this state if, by such conduct, the person commits a violation of this Code section which involves a child who resides in this state or another person believed by such person to be a child residing in this state.
(i) Any violation of this Code section shall constitute a separate offense.
Last modified: April 21, 2006
Here is your crime,,,,now please come up with some off the wall response for us all, can't wait...by the way. Still waiting on your response from my last post....what great career do you hold?
???????
So what you are saying is that the perp thinks his computer is a 14yo girl...and he is performing sex acts on his computer.
Thats just wrong and gross.
-OE
It IS entrapment, and if you will look at the stats 80% of these "online predators" charges will be thrown out of court. The rest will receive a slap on the wrist and HEFTY fines. (gotta pay for the new jail)
He would NOT have to come to your glorious(sic) county if the Statham Police hadn't provided him with an address.......Would we have EVER had to deal with him or received revenue from him if The Statham "Task Force" LOL hadn't INVITED him???????
Wake up Sheeple
Creating Crimes and Criminals.
Then you have buffoons like "pseudo-leo" on here making idle threats an ad hominem attacks without really addressing the substance of anyones posted comments.
Blessings
Beware and Be aware
-Odins Eye
A person is 'entrapped' when he is induced or persuaded by law enforcement officers or their agents to commit a crime that he had no previous intent to commit; and the law as a matter of policy forbids conviction in such a case.
However, there is no entrapment where a person is ready and willing to break the law and the Government agents merely provide what appears to be a favorable opportunity for the person to commit the crime. For example, it is not entrapment for a Government agent to pretend to be someone else and to offer, either directly or through an informer or other decoy, to engage in an unlawful transaction with the person. So, a person would not be a victim of entrapment if the person was ready, willing and able to commit the crime charged in the indictment whenever opportunity was afforded, and that Government officers or their agents did no more than offer an opportunity.
On the other hand, if the evidence leaves a reasonable doubt whether the person had any intent to commit the crime except for inducement or persuasion on the part of some Government officer or agent, then the person is not guilty.
In slightly different words: Even though someone may have [sold drugs], as charged by the government, if it was the result of entrapment then he is not guilty. Government agents entrapped him if three things occurred:
- First, the idea for committing the crime came from the government agents and not from the person accused of the crime.
- Second, the government agents then persuaded or talked the person into committing the crime. Simply giving him the opportunity to commit the crime is not the same as persuading him to commit the crime.
- And third, the person was not ready and willing to commit the crime before the government agents spoke with him.
Key Stoner can you please show us the study you refer? Is it in some stoner magazine? It does not take much to post on here all the "Facts" but please make sure you can back up your whimpy comments. Go back to school son.
Beth please tell us stupid country folks where you got this information. I cant seem find it anywhere. Did you get this info from your little mind? You and idiot OE seem to get facts the rest of us cant. Please tell
That is not the law that is a made up statisic. the law, i know, and that is what i have a problem with. Getting charged with intent is pretty much being guilty until found innocent. WE ALL SHOULD NOT STAND FOR THIS IT IS AGAINST WHAT AWERICA IS ABOUT. Please people dont let Fear take your american rights away. The quest for security should end at the tip of your 45. I am just saying. and for the record i do not intend on using my 45 except for security, just in case.
However, this particular arrest and several like it are very peculiar. They can be considered entrapment...No one knows for sure whether the individual had a mens rea (guilty mindset) to commit all of the crimes he is charged with. He could or could not have had sexual relations with a girl in Barrow county. In this instance, there was never a real girl. So in his particular case, this could or could not be an isolated instance for this guy. Before this arrest, he may have never had contact with a young girl before and he may never again after passing it up. The fact is that we do not know! We have to presume an individual to be innocent until proven guilty. It's hard to prove what this guy would or would not have done in a real scenario. No matter how police set up a "fake crime," it's never the real situation. This particular guy is 20 years old and appears to have a lot going for fun. It is simply unfair to presume that he would have acted criminally in a real scenario, one not set-up by the police. Instead, he was arrested for a scenario which police encouraged and created. Yes, these scenarios do exist in reality and perhaps they occur frequently, but we do not know whether it would have existed for this particular guy.
Instead of creating this kind of entrapment where police set up an arrest with no previous inclination of an individual committing a real crime, I think police should only act when they have a report of an actual adult making inappropriate contact with a minor under the age 16. We should encourage parents to monitor their child's online contacts, and then make reports to police when they notice suspicious activity. Then police can step in and see just how far that individual would have gone in committing a crime with his intended victim. Police take this route on many occasions as well, and I believe it to be more realistic.
WOW! Are you REALLY that paranoid????? Are you REALLY that gullible to believe in our local "andy and barney" style of law enforcement????? Do you REALLY have NO LIFE other than to copy and paste the GA Code????
Sad.................
his fragile little ego can't handle the fact that there are people out in the world who are repsonsible and rational adults capable of self determination, self reliance, and who are upholders of personal liberty.
He is a goverment machine encapable of human feeling towards anyone who questions the authorities. He is threatened by people who embrace Freedom and Liberty..He is the lowest form of human life.
He is the guy who would fire his weapon on his fellow Americans who exercise their right to protest.
He does not have to take responsibility for his henous crimes against his neighbors, after all he is only following orders and doing it for duty.
Be Aware and Beware
-Harr
.. lol...Idle threats from a elementary mind.
"We are our words, We are our deeds".
Find me...and make good on your threats.
I will be waiting.
-Harr
I too, am still waiting, let me know when you want to REALLY debate and not go run and hide when your proven wrong. Maybe you and your daughter Beth can come up with some good quotes together.
hahahah its waste, you moron.
Why cant Johnny read, cuz he cant spell.
hahahahahah.
Well you do have a point there.
and if you were to start wearing a hat,
no one would notice it.
Second, I am NOT your "sweety" except maybe in your dreams and fantasies.
I definitely do not have the "it won't happen to me" mentality, as it HAS happened to me. I am from the city !GASP!
Are you SERIOUS? You are going to threaten someone you do not even know("he needs to be fired upon")for expressing their
OPINIONS??????
May I quote you Odin's eye?
"He is a goverment machine encapable of human feeling towards anyone who questions the authorities. He is threatened by people who embrace Freedom and Liberty..He is the lowest form of human life.
He is the guy who would fire his weapon on his fellow Americans who exercise their right to protest."
SPOT ON!
WOULD be laughing, but it is too SAD to laugh at such ignorance
Yes, no girl actually is taken advantage of when some of the arrests are made. But when the chat logs show that the older man understands the girl is underage and still talks about going to have sex with her, then he ACTUALLY DRIVES OVER THERE, that is more than enough "intent" to make an arrest.
Almost as sick as your disregard for the mental well-being of these young girls getting preyed on is the fact that you accuse the very officers that are keeping you and your loved ones safe of making false arrests and taking bribes and other conspiracy theorist BS. Too bad each one of these cases is put before a jury of the people, and by the way, nowhere near 80% of these cases get thrown out in court. If you are going to make up statistics, make them believable please.
And you are right Beth, the comparison to having bomb supplies in the trunk of a car isn't relevant at all. Here is a better comparison: Someone WRITES A LETTER to the mall saying "Hi, I'm going to bomb your mall." THEN, they actually drive over to the mall with bomb supplies in their car. So there is written proof of intent as well as physical proof of intent. We don't need to actually see the mall get blown up before making the arrest. Now take your ignorant conspiriacy theorist BS elsewhere please, I feel stupider every time I read anything you write.
As for myself I am NOT advocating or endorsing the vile activities that these people do on their computers, or any intent to do anything to a child. I am an advocate for children, and their rights.
I am also an advocate for people on this earth being self-sufficient, self- reliant, and having the freedom and knowledge to make their lives what they want them to be.
I am a mother of FIVE, who raised her children alone, due to my husband's death, and a Grandmother of 10.
Don't tell ME I want children to be raped or molested....
I am just "waisting" LOL my time on here arguing with you Sheeple.
Go on fighting your war on Drugs LMAO and go on with your "Mayberry" law enforcement, and your worship of these "Gods in Blue"
Most of the LEO's have LMS anyway......We KNOW that AYK suffers from an EXTREME case of it. Don't worry though AYK...There is NO cure, except giving you little guys a badge and a gun!
ps LMS= Little man Syndrome
I agree with you 100%
The hyperbole of these 2 is stunning.
Its is painfuly obvious that their reading comprehension is not up to elementry level.
Do yourself a favour and ignore the hateful rhetoric.
You can't un-brain-wash the brain dead.
I salute you and your accomplishments.
You are a ture American that belives in the power of self.
-Harr
Although I am sorry for the passing of your husband, I am EXTREMELY CONCEARNED we have 15 of your offspring in this world that you have any anything to do with raising, this is way our county is going to waist, wasst, waystt...how ever you want to spell it and in whatever language. Hey OE is VERY OBVIOUSLY SINGLE,( and if not should be) maybe you twobcan go sit in the park together, with all of the books , media and magazines..copy them and come back and post them in here......although the jury is still out...I am still having a hard time wrapping my head around the idea there are two....not one, but two, people out here in the world with the same beliefs as y'all. I'm thinking you two are the same people with two screen names....oh ya almost forgot " Beth".. Still want to see your so called "stats" that 80 percent of these cases are thrown out in court. PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE, CITE YOUR SOURCE. Oh wait that's right, you and your "friend" can't quote your sources, or attempt to change the the subjects when proven wrong.....will be waiting for your response......can't wait.....
Ayk, you have achieved the status of ubertroll.
I can't believe that the BCJ allows such garbage. Must be one of the BCJ employees.
What a shame.
Every time a cop croaks an angel gets its wings.
even Andy and Barney would NEVER hire someone like HIM!
oh btw don't be "concearned" AYK, MY children have nothing to do with Barrow County going to "waist" MY children do NOT reside in this county.
They are all active,productive, tax-paying citizens of OTHER counties-as you Winderrians would say "Thay ain't from 'round here"
Actually my youngest son is a LEO, and has been for 6 years. He has NEVER arrested anyone for only marijuana in his entire LE career. WHY?
because he is knowledgeable about the effects of marijuana on the body, and the difference between the "war on Drugs" and the freedom of people to be self reliant and self sufficient.
ps He's also not a "little guy" LMAO
As far as your son " NEVER arresting anyone for only marijuana in his entire career" tells me one of two things, either, A. He is not a cop or B. He is a cop and works behind a desk as a dispatcher because he can't make it on the road. That's a pretty big statement to make which I find very, very hard to believe he has never arrested anyone for that. If he really is a cop, then he as well as you would now that there are certain laws that WE must arrest on, Marijuana possession, especially while driving, we MUST ARREST, OR ISSUE A CITATION. So your son sure does break a lot of rules, or he is one of those officers that give the good ones a bad name like the ones you and OE like to bash so much in here. Of course after reading your post about 80 percent of the cases being dropped leads me to believe you or your son or OE have not a clue about law enforcement however try and sound smarter then you really are. Btw still waiting on your proof on that issue also, surely with your son being a "cop" , he can get with the DA's office and find out the real truth. Most likely wants to be a cop however failed the psych test due to his awesome up bringing in your household. wackenhut security btw, is not law enforcement. You tried though.....let me know when your ready to REALLY DEBATE , I'll be waiting...
You wouldnt's last. Three time Gold Glove Champ, Wrestler in college, 4th degree black belt. If your feeling froggy though?
As far as enjoying beating subjects, NEVER DID I SAY THAT, just responded back to Beth and OE.They would deserve every bit. Just go back and read some of the posts, you will probably want to get some licks in also. STILL LOVE YOU THOUGH!!
If we didnt have the BCJ, you would have nothing to do 22 hours of the day,because surely your not an active, productive member of society.
Unfortunately violence only tends to lead to more violence. (In the same way that concentrated authority generally leads to more concentrated authority.) I'm terrified by the number of stories of police brutality I see these days. (And I'm terrified to see an office of the law expressing such brash and unbridled anger. Surely you exercise better self-control on the job, AYK.) In particular I think Beth and OE take most issue with the TYPE of enforcement being used. Most drug users, for instance, get tied up in an expensive legal system when we could best help them by offering psychological treatment and a supportive accountability net. (Not only would they have more opportunities after "treatment", they would end up spending and costing less.)