Nashville man arrested for child sexual exploitation

A Nashville man was arrested following an investigation into allegations that he sexually exploited a minor (a 16-year-old boy he met on a dating app) and possessed thousands of child sexual abuse files. The case involved the sharing of inappropriate photos and resulted in charges including aggravated statutory rape and sexual exploitation of a minor.

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