TREMONTON, Utah (KUTV) — A Box Elder County, Utah man has been charged with 20 counts of sexual exploitation of a minor after police were notified of illegal content on a Kik account.

The man was identified as 27-year-old Collin James Hawkins, who police said was a professor in another state.

According to a probable cause statement, officials at Kik notified the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children about child sex abuse material (CSAM) used on an account.

The initial information was first sent to the Idaho Internet Crimes Against Children taskforce, and then passed along when the account came back to Hawkins’ name and Tremonton address.

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