Authorities in Alabama have identified the suspect and the victim in a child porn video being shared around the world.
News outlets report that the victim has been located and is safe.
Central Alabama CrimeStoppers announced warrants Monday against 44-year-old Germaine Moore of Millbrook, just outside Montgomery.
State Bureau of Investigation Lt. Brooke Walker says Moore’s wife has been detained and is not cooperating but her husband is still at large.
Germaine Moore, 44 (pictured), has been identified as the suspect in a child porn that has been circulating online
Moore (left) remains at large. However, his wife has been located and is cooperating with investigators. The picture on the right shows the last time Moore was seen, on Monday (he’s on the left)
Moore faces charges of sexual assault of a child, distribution of a video depicting the assault and first-degree criminal sexual conduct. Even more charges are expected as well.
Moore also is wanted in Detroit on 11 felony charges, where prosecutors allege that he sexually assaulted three girls from 2011 to 2017. They say the assaults happened at his home in Detroit and in Alabama.
The video circulating on Facebook and other social media as far as Colorado and France shows a young girl performing oral sex on an adult.
Montgomery Police charged 42-year-old Jerrell Washington with distributing it, and warn that anyone who shares the video, even in outrage, can be charged as well.
Montgomery Police charged 42-year-old Jerrell Washington (pictured) with distributing the video
This weekend, FBI and police across the country warned the public about the video and against sharing it.
Many had been sharing the video online to try and help identify the man in the video.
Authorities reminded people that sharing the video is a felony.
One warning read: ‘This video has been shared widely on social media. As this investigation proceeds, law enforcement issues a reminder to the public that possession, dissemination or sharing of this video is a criminal act punishable under the Code of Alabama, SS13A-12-191, Dissemination or public display of obscene matter containing visual depiction of persons under 17 years of age involved in obscene acts, a Class B felony; and SS13A-12-192(b), Possession and possession with intent to disseminate obscene matter containing visual depiction of persons under 17 years of age involved in obscene acts, a Class C felony.’