A student at Northern Illinois University is facing child pornography charges, authorities said Tuesday.

Michael B. Erickson, 20, is charged with multiple counts of production of child pornography, disseminating child pornography and possession of child pornography, the DeKalb County Sheriff’s Office said.

In April, the Batavia Police Department opened an investigation on Erickson after receiving a tip from the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children.

In May, police and sheriff’s deputies executed a search warrant on Erickson’s dorm room. Police collected multiple electronic devices and found thousands of images of suspected child sexual abuse material, the sheriff’s office said.

Erickson was arrested Monday afternoon near Bayfield Drive in DeKalb.

On Tuesday, Judge Joseph

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