DRESDEN, Tenn. (WJHL) — Authorities have charged a state corrections officer from Roan Mountain in connection with a child exploitation probe conducted by state and West Tennessee investigators.

The Tennessee Bureau of Investigation (TBI) reported that a joint effort between its Cybercrime and Digital Evidence Unit and the Weakley County, Tennessee Sheriff’s Office resulted in the apprehension of 22-year-old Hunter Chase Ellison.

The TBI stated that in February, agents collaborated with Weakley County authorities to look into an incident involving a 9-year-old allegedly sending child sex abuse material to an adult male on Snapchat. Investigators traced the Snapchat account back to Ellison.

TBI agents obtained warrants last week, charging Ellison with especially aggravated sexual exploitation of a minor and solicitation of a minor by electronic means.

At the time of the alleged crime, Ellison was employed as a corrections officer at the Northeast Correctional Complex in Mountain City, according to the TBI. He was reportedly arrested at his workplace on Friday and taken to the Johnson County Jail.

The Tennessee Department of Corrections and the Johnson County Sheriff’s Office assisted with the arrest.