PIKEVILLE, Ky. — A Pike County man is scheduled to appear in court after being indicted on a federal child porn charge.

Charles Michael Hopkins, 34, of Virgie, was indicted last week on a single count of possession of child porn.

He was arrested last month, when police, acting on a tip from the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children, searched his home and seized several electronic devices. An affidavit by the investigating officer says Hopkins initially admitted that someone he had met online had sent him child porn, but he deleted the images after discovering what it was.

But he later told police he had saved some images to child porn involving infants because he liked the adults in the images. He also reportedly said he sent some of those images to others as a way to start conversations.

Hopkins faces a sentence of 5-to-20 years in prison, if he is convicted.

He is currently on home detention and is scheduled to appear in Pikeville federal court for arraignment on Monday.