PUTNAM COUNTY, Ga. — A Putnam County man has been arrested and charged with sexual crimes against children, according to a press release from the Georgia Bureau of Investigation .

The GBI says Corey Hickman, 38, has been charged with three counts of sexual exploitation of children.

The GBI began investigating Hickman in October 2025, per the release, after they received a tip from the Cyber Tipline Report from the National Center of Missing and Exploited Children.

Hickman, an Eatonton native, was later arrested, according to the GBI, on charges related to the production, possession, and distribution of child sexual abuse material.

Hickman has been booked into the Putnam County Jail.

Anyone with information about other cases of child exploitation is asked to contact the Georgia Burea

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