A ÃÛèÖÖ±²¥ man has been found guilty of possessing and distributing child pornography after a ÃÛèÖÖ±²¥ police investigation lead to his arrest.
Edgar Allen Fristoe, 65, was found guilty of 10 counts of sexual exploitation of a minor, said Attorney General Mark Brnovich on Thursday.
ÃÛèÖÖ±²¥ police received a tip from the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children that child pornography was uploaded to a Google account. They were able to determine email address belonged to Fristoe.
Detectives executed a search warrant and found "numerous" videos and pictures of the pornography on his phone. Fristoe was arrested in November 2016.
An analysis of Fristoe's phone found he also transmitted the child pornography to others using a chat messaging service, the attorney general's office said.
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Fristoe, a registered sex offender, was previously convicted for attempted sexual conduct with a minor in 1981 and indecent exposure in 2001. He will be sentenced April 23 and possibly faces more than 100 years in prison.Â