A Buchanan man was jailed and charged with two felonies for taking pictures of a mother and her daughter in a store last week, and was later released on bond.

Per a release from the Haralson County Sheriff’s Office, Joseph Baine Griffith was charged with two counts of felony Use or Installation of Device to Film Through an Individual’s Clothing Under Certain Circumstances after police received complaints about Griffith taking photos within a store on December 15.

A follow-up investigation ended with his arrest, and that investigation is still underway per the release from the HCSO about the incident.

Griffith was released on a $50,000 bond after spending four days in jail.

Here’s the full release from the HCSO on Facebook:

On Wednesday, December 15, 2021, the Haralson County Sheriff’s Office was asked to investigate a case by the Buchanan Police Department.

The Buchanan Police Department had received a phone call from a concerned citizen that a male inside Kimball’s store in Buchanan had been taking photographs of a juvenile. Investigators with the Haralson County Sheriff’s Office worked with Buchanan Police Department to get video from the store and other information.

In the store video, the male is seen zooming his phone screen in and/or photographing the buttocks of a mother and the buttocks and groin area of her daughter who is under the age of 12 years old. The male was identified as Joseph Baine Griffith, 62 years old from Buchanan GA.

He was arrested and charged with two counts of Use or Installation of Device to Film Through an Individual’s Clothing Under Certain Circumstances.

“Protecting the children in our county is a priority for me”, states Sheriff Stacy Williams. “A parent should be able to take their children into any store in this county and be safe, they should not have to worry about someone violating them by photographing their child’s private areas. We will always work to protect our children in Haralson County.”

This investigation is still active and ongoing so no other information can be released at this time.