(WEHT) - The Vanderburgh County Sheriff's Office arrested an Evansville man on Thursday after he reportedly admitted to officers that he solicited minors for sexual acts.

Police began an investigation in February after receiving a tip that an IP address connected to Christopher William Evans, 42, had been used to distribute suspected child sexual abuse material. These included images of adults engaging in sexual acts with children.

Detectives executed a search warrant at Evans' home in Grandin Pointe Mobile Home Park and reportedly took him into custody without incident.

Authorities say that after Evans was detained, he confessed to downloading and distributing child pornography and admitted to using Kik Messenger to solicit sexual acts from minors, but claimed he never followed through

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