Georgia man arrested for electronic solicitation of north Alabama 12-year-old

An Augusta, Ga. man has been arrested after investigators say he sent pictures and messages through Snapchat to a 12-year-old Alabama girl.

DeKalb County Sheriff Nick Welden said Jehad Noman Saloum, 21, was arrested in Tampa, Fla. He was booked into the DeKalb County Detention Center on charges of electronic solicitation of a child.

He remains in jail on $150,000 bond.

The investigation began Feb. 2, when officers received a report of a 12-year-old receiving messages of sexual solicitation from an unknown man.

Welden said investigators had very little initial information. It took working with the Regional Organized Crime Information Center in Nashville to identify Saloum, Welden said.