Grantville Man Arrested for Numerous Counts of Child Exploitation
Elderly retired male arrested and charged with multiple counts of felony Child Sexual Exploitation and related charges.
Published April 18, 2025

Investigation Leads to Arrest

Records indicate that the Coweta County Sheriff’s Office has arrested a Grantville man for numerous felony charges in relation to an investigation that started in January of this year.

Members of the Coweta County Sheriff’s Office preformed a warrant service at a resident off Lake View Drive in Grantville where they arrested Dannie Gean Miller, 71, and charged him with seven counts each of Child Sexual Exploitation and Use of a communication facility in the commission of a felony invs, all of which are felonies.

Details of the investigation and what initiated it are unavailable at the time of posting.

Charge Information

Miller was charged with the following charges.

  • Child Sexual Exploitation (F)

This charge is codified as GA Code § 16-12-100(B)(1)F (2024), the full text of which can be read here.

(1) It is unlawful for any person knowingly to employ, use, persuade, induce, entice, or coerce any minor to engage in or assist any other person to engage in any sexually explicit conduct for the purpose of producing any visual medium depicting such conduct.

  • Use of Communication Facility in Commission of a Felony Invs (F)

This charge is codified as GA Code § 16-13-32.3(a) (2024), the full text of which can be read here.

(a) It shall be unlawful for any person knowingly or intentionally to use any communication facility in committing or in causing or facilitating the commission of any act or acts constituting a felony under this chapter. Each separate use of a communication facility shall be a separate offense under this Code section. For purposes of this Code section, the term “communication facility” means any and all public and private instrumentalities used or useful in the transmission of writing, signs, signals, pictures, or sounds of all kinds and includes mail, telephone, wire, radio, computer or computer network, and all other means of communication.

Suspect Arrested

Booking records indicate the following individual was arrested and booked regarding the incident.

Dannie Gean Miller, 71

Dannie Gean Miller, 71, of Grantville was arrested by deputies with the Coweta County Sheriff’s Office and booked into the Coweta County Jail for the following charge(s).

  • Child Sexual Exploitation (F)
  • Child Sexual Exploitation (F)
  • Child Sexual Exploitation (F)
  • Child Sexual Exploitation (F)
  • Child Sexual Exploitation (F)
  • Child Sexual Exploitation (F)
  • Child Sexual Exploitation (F)
  • Use of Communication Facility in Commission of a Felony Invs (F)
  • Use of Communication Facility in Commission of a Felony Invs (F)
  • Use of Communication Facility in Commission of a Felony Invs (F)
  • Use of Communication Facility in Commission of a Felony Invs (F)
  • Use of Communication Facility in Commission of a Felony Invs (F)
  • Use of Communication Facility in Commission of a Felony Invs (F)

 

Miller was denied bond at his first appearance and remains in the custody of the Coweta County Jail.

Criminal History

Miller has no known previous criminal history.