Alice police arrested Aaron Garcia, owner of vitamin supplement shop Get-A-Grip, following a five-month investigation into allegations he exploited women using social media. Garcia was booked into the Jim Wells County jail on Sept. 30, and charged with unlawful disclosure of promotion of intimate visual material.

The investigation began when Alice resident Valerie Puyol learned through a friend that provocative photos of her were posted on Discord, a platform for digital communities to share similar interests like gaming.

"At first I was shocked. I didn't think there was stuff like that out there," Puyol said.

Puyol has been working with police for months after discovering the images online.

"I saw myself on there, you know, it was devastating at first and I was upset. But when I saw h

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