Valdosta man indicted for child porn in Lowndes Co. Shearer was also being investigated by California authorities. (Source: Lowndes Co. Sheriff) By Dave Miller | February 9, 2021 at 11:33 AM EST - Updated February 9 at 11:33 AM
VALDOSTA, Ga. (WALB) - A Lowndes County grand jury has returned a true bill, indicting John Lewis Shearer, 38, for sexual exploitation of children, for having hundreds of images and videos of underaged children in sexually explicit conduct.
He was arrested in September 2019, and the indictment was returned on Jan. 29 of this year, according to District Attorney Brad Shealy of the Southern Judicial Circuit.
The Contra Costa County District Attorney’s Office in Martinez, California was also involved in this investigation, according to the indictment.