Middle TN - Over a three-month period, the Tennessee Bureau of Investigation Internet Crimes Against Children (ICAC) Task Force conducted Operation Protecting Tomorrow. Rutherford County as well as 20 other counties have been involved.

In fact, in neighboring Williamson County, the TBI, FBI and local agents arrested and charged an Ashland City man on charges of soliciting a minor.

20-year-old Keith Taualii Choate was arrested in Williamson County and charged with one count of Solicitation of a Minor and one count of Soliciting Sexual Exploitation of a Minor by Electronic Means. He was transported to the Cheatham County Jail, under a $50,000 bond.

And just down the highway in Maury County, 31-year-old Cody J. Wilson was one of a dozen people arrested as part of the joint investigation. Wilson was charged with Solicitation of a Minor and Soliciting Sexual Exploitation of a Minor, and Exploitation of a Minor by Electronic Means. He is being held on a $75,000 bond.

WGNS News will keep you informed of other arrests.