OVERTON COUNTY, Tenn. (WKRN) — A joint investigation involving the sexual exploitation of a minor has led to the arrest of two Livingston men, according to the Tennessee Bureau of Investigation.

Authorities said special agents with the TBI launched an investigation in July after they received a tip from the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children.

During the investigation, agents reportedly determined that Payton York, 20, and Perrion Cruz, 22, created and distributed images and videos of a minor engaged in sexual acts.

On Wednesday, Aug. 13, the Overton Grand Jury indicted York and Cruz, charging them with six counts of especially aggravated sexual exploitation of a minor and 13 counts of aggravated sexual exploitation of a minor.

Investigators from several agencies — including, the Overton County Sheriff's Department, the Livingston Police Department, the 13th Judicial District Attorney's General Office and TBI—searched Cruz's home and took him into custody.

Meanwhile, York was arrested in Gallatin and later taken to the Overton County Sheriff's Department. Officials said both men were each booked into the Overton County Jail on a $1,000,000 bond.

Anyone with information about this case or other cases of online child exploitation are advised to contact the TBI Tipline at 1-800-TBI-FIND, or report it to the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children cybertipline at cyberTipline.org.

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