A Bridgeport man has been arrested as part of an ongoing child exploitation investigation coordinated by the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children (NCMEC).
Payton Dean Corbitt, 28, was taken into custody Tuesday by agents with the Alabama Law Enforcement Agency (ALEA). He faces three felony counts of dissemination or public display of child sexual abuse material. Corbitt was booked into the Jackson County Jail.
The arrest is part of a broader initiative under the U.S. Department of Justice known as the Internet Crimes Against Children (ICAC) Task Force Program. Launched in 2015, the national program brings together more than 4,000 local, state, and federal agencies to investigate and prosecute those who exploit children through digital platforms.
“ALEA’s ICAC Unit is focused on locating and arresting predators who use digital media and devices to prey on and victimize our children,” said Spencer Collier, Alabama’s Secretary of Law Enforcement.
The state’s ICAC Unit consists of nine veteran investigators with a combined 200 years of law enforcement experience. They are supported by two Forensic Technology Examiners and a Criminal Intelligence Analyst. According to Collier, the team’s work highlights the value of combining state-level law enforcement resources into specialized investigative units.
The investigation into Corbitt remains ongoing. No further details have been released at this time.