OCALA, Fla. (WFLA)— A 17-year-old was arrested after he traded youngster pornography for online game “rank” on a well-liked online game app, the Marion County Sheriff’s Workplace introduced.
Brayan Alvarez-Torres, 17, was arrested on Monday after MCSO Main Crimes Detective Nicholas Sutliff acquired data from the Nationwide Heart for Lacking and Exploited Kids that prompt a consumer uploaded a number of information of kid sexual abuse martial to Discord on Nov. 8, 2024, deputies mentioned.
Detective Sutliff decided Alvarez-Torres was the consumer and uploaded the information via quite a few search warrants and investigative subpoenas, in line with MCSO.
Deputies mentioned throughout the investigation a second tip from NCMEC indicated Alvarez-Torres was sending messages in a gaggle chat telling them he had youngster sexual abuse materials.
Detective Sutliff and Detective Hunter McMurray went to the house of Alvarez-Torres to talk with him. After talking together with his mother and father, they discovered that he was the one one utilizing the Discord account.
In response to MCSO, Alvarez-Torres admitted that he had downloaded materials that had CSAM as a result of different customers instructed him they’d achieve “rank” for him if he obtained the fabric for them.
Alvarez-Torres instructed detectives he had greater than 30 information of CSAM on his cellphone, deputies mentioned.
Alvarez-Torres was arrested on 4 counts of possession of kid pornography and one rely of illegal use of a two-way communication machine to facilitate a felony. He might face extra costs after a digital forensic examination of his cellphone is carried out.
Deputies mentioned Alvarez-Torres was arrested and brought to the Division of Juvenile Justice.
