GRAVES COUNTY, Ky. (KFVS) - Graves County Sheriff Jon Hayden says detectives in his department were alerted that someone was downloading child pornography in Graves County in March.

Detectives say they identified the IP address and tied that digital clue to Michael T. Cole, 20, of Marshall County. Cole had been living in Graves County, northwest Tennessee, and Marshall County at the time.

Sheriff Hayden says Cole was taken to the Graves County Sheriff’s Office on Thursday.

Hayden says investigators discovered that Cole possessed child pornography and that Cole had been uploading the images to social media in an attempt to sell them.

Cole faces charges of distribution and possession of child pornography.

He is in the Graves County Jail.

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