Daniel Johnson

Name:
Johnson, Daniel Nickolas

Date of Booking:
04/15/2025

Reason(s) For Booking:
ELECTRONICALLY FURNISHING OBSCENE MATERIALS TO MINORS

GROOMING A MINOR FOR A SEXUAL OFFENSE OR TRAFFICKING FOR SEXUAL SERVITUDE

Officer’s Narrative:
[Please note: The following is a direct transcription from the official initial incident report. The Georgia Gazette does not fix any spelling or grammatical errors that may exist. Any changes or redactions made by our staff are placed inside brackets. Some errors may exist. All subjects are innocent until proven guilty in a court of law. The topics discussed may be sensitive to some readers. Discretion is advised.]

On Thursday April 10, 2025 at 0214 hours, Deputy J. D. NEWPORT with the Gordon County Sheriff’s Office Uniform Patrol Division was dispatched by E-911 to the Plainville City Hall in Plaainville GA, 30733 to meet with the complainant [WITNESS #1] in reference to Mrs. [WITNESS #1]s 17 year old daughter [VICTIM #1] receiving sexual nude photos from [VICTIM #1]S 26 year old brother DANIEL JOHNSON.

Upon Deputy NEWPORT’s arrival, Deputy NEWPORT was familiar with Mrs. [WITNESS #1] due to filing a incident report earlier in the shift for Mrs. [WITNESS #1] due to [VICTIM #1] running away and being located on Autry Rd. by Sgt. KIRBY with the Gordon County Sheriff’s Office. Refer to case# 25-04-0410.

Mrs. [WITNESS #1] stated after Deputy NEWPORT and Sgt. KIRBY left her residence from returning [VICTIM #1] home Mrs. [WITNESS #1] went to the drug store and bought a drug test kit and test [VICTIM #1] to see if [VICTIM #1] had any illegail drugs in her system. Mrs. [WITNESS #1] stated that [VICTIM #1] tested positive for THC. Mrs. [WITNESS #1] stated that she then went through [VICTIM #1]S purple Iphone14 and saw multiple inapporiate conversation messages between [VICTIM #1] and her brother DANIEL JOHNSON. Mrs. [WITNESS #1] stated that she questioned [VICTIM #1] about the messages and asked [VICTIM #1] the message was about that DANIEL texted [VICTIM #1] to delete.

Mrs. [WITNESS #1] stated that she was able to retrieve multiple deleted text messages from [VICTIM #1]S phone due to [VICTIM #1]S phone being on Mrs. [WITNESS #1]’s Verizon cellphone plan. Mrs. [WITNESS #1] stated as she was looking through [VICTIM #1]S deleted messages she located a nude photo from where [VICTIM #1] sent a photo of her vag*na to DANIEL, then saw where DANIEL sent [VICTIM #1] a nude photo of his p*nis. Mrs. [WITNESS #1] showed Deputy NEWPORT the nude photos and a text message from [VICTIM #1] to DANIEL advising DANIEL that she had $20.00 for DANIEL to buy her a pin, refering to a vape pen.

Mrs. [WITNESS #1] stated that she is unsure if DANIEL JOHNSON is [VICTIM #1]S biologicial brother due to DANIEL contacting Mrs. [WITNESS #1] last year in 2024 via facebook social media advising Mrs. [WITNESS #1] that he was [VICTIM #1]S blood brother due to [VICTIM #1] and DANIEL having the same birth mother. Mrs. [WITNESS #1] stated that she agreed to meet DANIEL at Chili’s Restaurant in Rome GA. on December 21, 2024 so that [VICTIM #1] could get to know her brother DANIEL. Mrs. [WITNESS #1] stated that she had originally adopted [VICTIM #1] when [VICTIM #1] was 4 months old and though it was a good idea for [VICTIM #1] to get to know her brother but was very suprised when she saw that nude photos and saw the text messages from where DANIEL had been buying [VICTIM #1] Vapes.

Mrs. [WITNESS #1] stated that she also saw in the text message where DANIEL was suposed to pick [VICTIM #1] up after [VICTIM #1] ran away from the residence in the previous incident on Wednesay from where Law Enforcement was called. Mrs. [WITNESS #1] stated that DANIEL lives in Rockmart but did not know his exact address. Mrs. [WITNESS #1] did provide Deputy NEWPORT with a photo that was taken of [VICTIM #1] and DANIEL at CHILI’s and also provided a date of birth for DANIEL off of DANIEL’s facebook profile. Deputy NEWPORT ran DANIEL’s date of birth [REDACTED] and the returns came back appearing to be the same individule that was in the photo with [VICTIM #1] but just a little younger. The name of the returns came back to a DANIEL NICKOLAS JOHNSON with a address of [700 BLOCK] Berry Rd. Cedartown GA. 30125.

Deputy NEWPORT asked Mrs. [WITNESS #1] if she would consent to signing a Gordon County Sheriff’s Office Waiver of Constitutional Rights to a Search Warrant for [VICTIM #1]S cellphone. Mrs. [WITNESS #1] stated yes and willfully sign the form. Deputy NEWPORT then took the purple Apple Iphone14 to be logged into a evidence locker at the Gordon County Sheriff’s Office and gave Mrs. [WITNESS #1] a copy of the Waiver and a copy of a property receipt.

Deputy NEWPORT uploaded a photo in the Gordon County Sheriff’s Office data base that was taken of [VICTIM #1] and DANIEL at Chili’s in Rome GA. on December 21, 2024 for evidence purposes. The call was recorded on Deputy NEWPORT’s in car recording system.

[End of Narrative]