Child Exploitation

Man Living in Franklin, TN Arrested After Alleged Online Solicitation and Child Abduction in Alabama

Feb 03, 2026 at 01:08 am by WGNS News

UPDATE: ATHENS, Ala. (WGNS) — Investigators with the Limestone County Sheriff's Office have arrested a man accused of traveling from Franklin, Tennessee, to Limestone.... Read More

UPDATE: Former FBI Employee Gets 20 Years for Child Exploitation

May 12, 2025 at 03:53 pm by WGNS News

A former FBI electronics technician, Justin Carroll, has been sentenced to 20 years in federal prison for multiple crimes involving minors, including sexual exploitation, coer.... Read More

Nine Arrested in Hendersonville Human Trafficking Sting

Apr 15, 2025 at 11:52 am by WGNS News

HENDERSONVILLE – An undercover joint operation by special agents with TBI’s Human Trafficking Unit, the Hendersonville Police Department, the Sumner Coun.... Read More

Nathan Tyler Goolsby Charged with Sexual Exploitation of a Minor

Feb 11, 2025 at 02:17 pm by WGNS News

SMITH COUNTY – Special agents assigned to the Tennessee Bureau of Investigation’s Cybercrime & Digital Evidence Unit have charged a Smith County man in an.... Read More

Over-the-Road Truck Driver Arrested for Child Exploitation in Shelbyville

Jan 13, 2025 at 12:18 pm by WGNS News

SHELBYVILLE, TN – On January 10, 2025, Shelbyville Police Detectives made an arrest in a case involving child exploitation that has been under investigation for six mont.... Read More

Two Men in Murfreesboro and Texas Arrested on Child Porn Charges - Two Girls Rescued

Jul 16, 2024 at 11:43 am by WGNS News

MURFREESBORO, Tenn. – Murfreesboro Police Department's newly created Internet Crimes Against Children (ICAC) Unit has led to the arrest of a Murfreesboro man on child.... Read More

Bill to Mandate Electronic Service Providers to Report Online Child Exploitation

Jun 02, 2023 at 03:48 pm by WGNS News

U.S. Senators Marsha Blackburn (R-Tenn.) and Jon Ossoff (D-Ga.) introduced the Revising Existing Procedures on Reporting via Technology (REPORT) Act.This legislation w.... Read More