Georgia-Arizona Joint ICAC Task Force Effort Nets Offender

On 07/28/09, a detective from the Forsyth County Georgia Sheriffs Office, part of the Georgia Bureau of Investigation's ICAC Task Force conducted an investigation into an Arizona offender who committed the crime of furnishing harmful images to a minor via the Internet.

Suspect had used Internet identities including: "youngguyntx”, “uphardlicker”, and valurch@yahoo.com.  Research identified the likely offender as Jimmy Dean Matkins, age 46, of Anthem, Arizona.   On 09/18/09 Matkins was interviewed and made admissions to the offense. Pursuant to a search warrant at his home evidence was seized.

Matkins is married with no children and unemployed.  Matkins was booked into the Maricopa County jail charged with one count of furnishing harmful images to a minor, Arizona Revised Statute 13-3506.01a, class 4 felony.  The case will be submitted to the Maricopa County (Arizona) Attorney"s Office for prosecution.

Agencies participating in the investigation were: Forsyth County Georgia Sheriff’s Office, part of GA ICAC, Phoenix Arizona Police Department AZ ICAC, US Postal Inspection Service, FBI, and Maricopa County Sheriffs Office.