Magee Man Arrested For Child Pornography

JACKSON, Miss. (PRESS RELEASE) – Job Michael Craft, 40, of Magee, has been arrested and charged with one count of child exploitation, announced Attorney General Jim Hood today.

Craft was arrested today at his mother’s residence in Mount Olive by investigators of the Attorney General’s Cyber Crime Unit/Internet Crimes Against Children Task Force with assistance of the Covington County Sheriff’s Office and the Mount Olive Police Department.

A joint investigation uncovered that Craft was in possession of child sexual exploitation videos and images.

Craft was booked into the Covington County Jail.

No bond has been set at this time.

If convicted, he faces up to 40 years behind bars.

As with all cases, a charge is merely an accusation and the defendant is presumed innocent until and unless proven guilty beyond a reasonable doubt in a court of law.

This case will be prosecuted by Special Assistant Attorney General Brandon Ogburn of the Attorney General’s Cyber Crime Unit.