Richlands police officer charged with ten counts of child porn

ONSLOW COUNTY, N.C. (WITN) - An Eastern Carolina police officer has been charged in a child porn investigation.

Officer Gabrial Luciano with the Richlands Police Department was arrested last Thursday on ten counts of felony second-degree sexual exploitation of a minor.

The 39-year-old Luciano’s arrest came after an investigation by the SBI. They said their investigation began last month after getting a cyber tip from the National Center of Missing and Exploited Children.

Arrest warrants claim the officer had in his possession explicit photos of multiple underage girls, some as young as seven years old.

Luciano was released Sunday after posting a $300,000 bond.

A social media post said Luciano was sworn in by the town on March 26, 2020.

WITN has reached out to Richlands to see how long Luciano has been a police officer with them and whether any change has happened with his job in light of his arrest.

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