MCMINN COUNTY, Tenn. (WVLT) - The Tennessee Bureau of Investigation said a McMinn County man has been charged in connection to an ongoing child exploitation case.

According to TBI, agents received a tip from the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children about Child Sexual Abuse Material (CSAM) being uploaded by a Discord user, later identified as 25-year-old Micah Boring, of Athens.

With help from the Athens Police Department, TBI agents executed a search warrant at Boring’s home and found thousands of images of CSAM on multiple electronic devices.

Last month, the McMinn County Grand Jury returned indictments charging Boring with one count of sexual exploitation of a minor - over 100 images and one count of aggravated sexual exploitation of a minor - over 25 images. He was late

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