MILLBROOK, Ala. – Authorities in Alabama say a man wanted for a child porn video being shared around the world has been arrested.
WSFA-TV reports that 44-year-old Germaine Moore turned himself into Millbrook Police around 2:30 a.m. Tuesday. He is charged with sexual assault of a child, distribution of video depicting the assault and first-degree criminal sexual conduct.
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News outlets report that the victim has been located and is safe.
Crime Stoppers executive director Tony Garrett tells Al.com that more charges are expected.
State Bureau of Investigation Lt. Brooke Walker says Moore’s fiancee was arrested Monday night and is not cooperating.
Moore also is wanted in Detroit, where prosecutors allege that he sexually assaulted three girls.
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.
According to KSAT.com's sister station ClickOnDetroit.com, Moore was also wanted in Detroit where prosecutors allege he sexually assaulted three girls.
According to ClickOnDetroit.com, Wayne County Prosecutor's Office charge Moore with four counts of first-degree criminal sexual conduct, two counts of child sexually abusive activity, one count of using a computer to commit a crime and one count of distributing sexually explicit material of children.
He is accused of sexually assaulting the children at his mother's home in Detroit and at his home in Alabama while they were in his care between 2011 and 2017, according to ClickOnDetroit.com.
Moore is the children's relative. They were in his care while their mother was at work.