ATHENS, Tenn. (WATE) — The Tennessee Bureau of Investigation arrested a McMinn County man after receiving a tip from the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children.

TBI agents received a tip concerning a user of the communication app Discord uploading child sexual abuse material. After seizing multiple electronic devices during a search of the suspect's residence in Athens, agents discovered thousands of images of child sexual abuse material.

Micah Boring, 25, was indicted on charges of sexual exploitation of a minor and aggravated sexual exploitation of a minor.

He was booked into the McMinn County Jail on September 30. His bond was set at $500,000.

Agents assigned to the TBI's Internet Crimes Against Children Task Force investigated the case with assistance from the Athens Po

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