In July 2024, members of the Invictus Task Force initiated an investigation related to multiple Cybertips from the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children. During the course of the investigation, Chadwick Joel Branch was identified as a suspect.
During the course of this investigation various search warrants were issued to internet service providers, residences, and business to confirm Chadwick Joel Branch as the suspect in this case. On November 20, 2025, with the assistance of the Rockingham County Sheriff’s Office and Reidsville Police Department Chadwick Joel Branch was taken into custody by the Reidsville Police Department and was transported to the Rockingham County Detention Center, where he was arraigned on eight (8) counts of Felony Second-Degree Exploitation of a Minor. Branch is being held on a $75,000 secured bond and is scheduled to appear in Forsyth County District Court on December 8, 2025. The investigation is ongoing, and anyone with information is asked to contact the Forsyth County Sheriff’s Office Invictus Task Force representatives.
Name of Defendant:
Chadwick Joel Branch
Age :56
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The Invictus Task Force is a joint effort of Randolph, Alamance, Davidson, and Forsyth Counties, the State Bureau of Investigation, and Homeland Security in the fight against internet crimes against children (ICAC), sexual abuse, trafficking, and the exploitation of children using a collaboration of resources as a force multiplier.
www.theinvictusproject.org
IF YOU BELIEVE YOU OR SOMEONE YOU KNOW MAY BE A VICTIM OF CHILD EXPLOITATION OR TRAFFICKING, Call the national hotline for 24/7 assistance. 1-888-373-7888 or text "HELP" to 233733
