The GBI has arrested and charged a former Boy Scout leader, Andrew Howard Whaley, 61, of Cumming, with one count each of aggravated child molestation, child molestation, and possession of child pornography in Lumpkin County. Whaley was also charged in Forsyth County, with six counts of creation of child pornography and thirteen counts of Eavesdropping/Surveillance.
On April 18, the GBI was requested to investigate a child molestation case involving Whaley, in Lumpkin County. During the investigation, it was determined that Whaley was a former Boy Scout Leader and that he sexually abused a boy that he met during his time as a Scout Leader.
The GBI and the Lumpkin County Sheriff’s Office executed search warrants at Whaley’s cabin and a business in Lumpkin County on May 16, where agents say they discovered evidence of child pornography. Further investigation led to the discovery of a hidden camera in a bathroom at Whaley’s home in Forsyth County that Whaley used to film minors.
Whaley was arrested May 16 and booked into the Lumpkin County Jail.
It was not until Sunday that the GBI announced his arrest.