GREENVILLE, S.C. —

Chat logs and a search warrant led to the arrest of a Greenville man on Tuesday, according to police.

The investigation began on Aug. 6 when Greenville Police Department Family Crime Detectives got a tip from the Georgia Bureau of Investigation as part of the Internet Crimes Against Children (ICAC) Task Force. Latest Forecast

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The preliminary investigation indicated that the suspect, Benjamin Hardwick, 26, lived in Greenville and had distributed child sexual abuse material.

Greenville Police Departmemt Benjamin Hardwick

Detectives said through detailed digital forensics and investigative work, detectives successfully identified Hardwick's usernames and online accounts used to transmit child sexual abuse materia

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