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State Grand Jury indicts 21-year-old on 10 counts sexual exploitation of minor

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TUCSON, Ariz. (KGUN) — A State Grand Jury indicted 21-year-old Gehrig Duarte on ten counts of sexual exploitation of a minor, a class 2 felony, on Dec. 30, 2024, according to a media release from the office of Attorney General Kris Mayes.

The Douglas Unified School District has confirmed Duarte was a student at Douglas High School.

According to the indictment, Duarte "knowingly did distribute, transport, exhibit, receive, sell, purchase, electronically transmit, possess or exchange any visual depiction in which a minor under fifteen years of age is engaged in exploitive exhibition or other sexual conduct."

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Multiple online tips from Electronic Service Providers related to child sexual abuse material led to the charges, according to the AG's office.