Overton County man arrested for exploiting minors for money using social media

NASHVILLE, Tenn. (WKRN) — An Overton County man has been arrested after an investigation from the Tennessee Bureau of Investigation and the Virginia authorities.

According to the TBI, the Fairfax County Police Department received information in May related to a minor sending child sexual abuse material to an adult male via TikTok and text messages.

Virginia police detectives began investigating and identified Tristan Hicks, 22, of Overton County, Tenn., as the user of the TikTok account and phone number.

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TBI agents with the Internet Crimes Against Children Unit were notified and took over the investigation due to Hicks’s living in the state. ICAC agents found during the investigation Hicks reportedly had numerous victims in the Cookeville area and across the country had sent him CSAM in exchange for monetary payments…

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