By Associated Press - Thursday, January 21, 2016

KENNEWICK, Wash. (AP) - Authorities say a Franklin County man has been arrested on suspicion of posting sexually explicit images of his girlfriend on her social media accounts.

The Tri-City Herald reports (https://goo.gl/kx3oGH ) that police and members of the Tri-City Regional SWAT Team arrested the 29-year-old suspect Wednesday. He faces charges of extortion.

Police say the suspect recorded a sexual encounter between him and his 37-year-old girlfriend, who was unaware she was being filmed.



Police say he uploaded a sexually explicit image from the video to several of the woman’s social media accounts and then demanded money from her to take the image down.

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Information from: Tri-City Herald, https://www.tri-cityherald.com

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