21-year-old Tristan Hawkins is charged with sexual exploitation of a minor after he confessed to possessing, viewing, sending, and receiving child sexual abuse material, both images and videos, over the past seven years. A search of his online accounts and phone revealed hundreds of such items, including forcible rape. Details in arrest affidavit in the story. Hawkins is free on a $25,000 bond.
Metro Nashville Police say 25-year-old Alan Walter (who goes by the online name of ‘Dahlia Mejia’), of East Nashville, admitted to having dozens of videos in online storage accounts, including Dropbox, which depicted the sexual abuse of pre-pubescent minor males including several videos showing the r*ping of infants and toddlers. Walter is jailed in lieu of a $20,000 bond. (WARNING: extreme details in story on website)
25-year-old James Della Croce was charged with four counts of aggravated sexual exploitation of a minor after police received a cyber tip that Twitter users “jdaddyking” and “jdaddyking1” exchanged sexual images of minors with other accounts, per reports.
37-year-old Matthew Bruce was charged with sexual exploitation of a minor after he attempted to upload child pornography to Google Photos.
28-year-old Cory Edmondson was charged with sexual exploitation of a minor (51-100 items) when police raided his home after he had been locked out of his Tumblr account for storing sexual images of minor females, ages 8-12 years old, on his profile.
