On May 11, 2026, the Union County Sheriff's Office Internet Crimes Against Children Task Force received a cyber tip indicating that an individual at a residence in Indian Trail had been uploading and distributing child sexual abuse material (CSAM) using the social media platform Kik.

A search warrant for the residence was obtained, and detectives, along with the North Carolina State Bureau of Investigation, identified Alfred Kokoszczynski as the individual operating the account. Kokoszczynski was arrested and transported to the Union County Detention Center. He was charged with ten counts of Second-Degree Sexual Exploitation of a Minor.

He appeared before a judicial official who, due to the nature of the charges, ordered that he be held without bond. Kokoszczynski remains housed at the Detention Center.