Crime & Safety

Photos Of Babies Forced Into Sex Found On Man's Phone: Police

A Goodlettsville man uploaded hundreds of explicit images of children and infants and had hundreds more on his phone, police say.

GOODLETTSVILLE, TN -- A Goodlettsville Waffle House employee uploaded hundreds of images of children, including infants, engaged in sex acts to the Internet and had hundreds more stored on his phone, according to Metro Police.

David Mark Alred, 38, is charged with sexual exploitation of a minor, though more charges are pending, after an investigation revealed he posted explicit images of prepubescent boys to Google, Tumblr, Kik and other social media sites, according to detectives. During an interview, Alred allegedly admitted to the crime and told the investigator that there were men more images on his cell phone.

During a brief review of the phone, a detective "found over 100 sexual images of prepubescent boys in the Photo Gallery. Some of the pictures depicted boys as young as infants being forced to perform" sex acts, according to an affidavit.

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Alred is being held on a $100,000 bond.

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