NASHVILLE, Tenn., May 15 -- The Tennessee Bureau of Investigation issued the following news release:
SULLIVAN COUNTY- An investigation by special agents assigned to the Tennessee Bureau of Investigation's Cybercrime and Digital Evidence Unit has resulted in the indictment of a former Washington County deputy.
In September, TBI agents began investigating information received from the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children (NCMEC) regarding multiple files containing child sexual abuse material (CSAM)being distributed through accounts on X, Discord, and Snapchat. During the investigation, Jacob Byrd (DOB: 11/26/98), who was employed by the Washington County Sheriff's Office at the time, was identified as the user of the accounts....