GIBSON COUNTY – Special agents assigned to the Tennessee Bureau of Investigation’s Cybercrime & Digital Evidence Unit have arrested and charged a Medina man accused of uploading child sex abuse material.
On December 26, 2024, TBI agents opened the investigation after receiving a cybertip from the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children (NCMEC) about an individual uploading child sex abuse material to an electronic service provider account. During the course of the investigation, agents identified the user account to be associated with Brandon Fairchild.
On March 9th, 2025, a search warrant was executed for the electronic service provider account, and Brandon Fairchild (DOB: 05/27/1981) was subsequently taken into custody and charged with one count of Sexual Exploitation of a Minor, and two counts of Unlawful Photography. He was booked into the Gibson County Jail.
The charges and allegations referenced in this release are merely accusations of criminal conduct and not evidence. The defendant is presumed innocent unless and until proven guilty beyond a reasonable doubt and convicted through due process of law.