Former Last Comic Standing winner Jon Reep was arrested on accusations of child sex crimes, WSOC-TV reports.

Reep, 53, was charged with one count of second-degree sexual exploitation of a minor and nine counts of third-degree sexual exploitation of a minor. The comedian was arrested at his Hickory, North Carolina, home on Friday (September 6) after police received a cyber tip regarding an account belonging to him that was used on an unspecified online app.

Reep is accused of sexual exploitation of minors between the ages of one and 14 years old, according to court documents obtained by WSOC-TV . A search warrant was issued at the location associated with the IP address linked to the account, which led authorities to Reep's home and resulted in his arrest.

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