Police arrested a man on Thursday after he allegedly stored videos of sexually explicit encounters between young girls and a dog.
An anonymous tip first accused Kevin Clark Nicholas, 46, of uploading 11 child pornography videos to Dropbox, an online storage service, according to a criminal complaint filed in Kanawha County Magistrate Court.
The Internet Crimes Against Children Task Force received the tip, and West Virginia State Police began an investigation in March.
Investigators believe Nicholas uploaded the videos while at his father's home on Sugar Creek Drive, the complaint sates.
The trooper later executed a search warrant at Nicholas' home on Kilby Street in Charleston, according to the complaint.
Authorities seized a laptop and a cellphone from the home on April 27. On Monday, the crime lab reported five videos found on the cellphone, the complaint states.
The videos allegedly depicted minors engaged in bestiality, or sexual intercourse between a person and an animal.
Nicholas is charged with the felony offense of distributing and exhibiting material depicting minors engaged in sexually explicit conduct.
If convicted, Nicholas faces between 5 to 15 years in prison and a fine of up to $25,000.
He remained at South Central Regional Jail on a $75,000 bond Friday morning.