Popular comedian Jon Reep was arrested Friday and charged with sexual exploitation of a minor in the second and third degree, according to multiple reports.

The 53-year-old was arrested at his home in Hickory, North Carolina, WDHN Dothan reported on Friday. The station added that Reep was slated to perform in Dothan, Alabama on Sunday but that event has been cancelled.

Queen City News reported that Reep was indicted Friday morning and was in jail in Catawba County. He was hit with one count of second-degree sexual exploitation of a minor and there counts of third-degree sexual exploitation of a minor.

The Hickory Police Department told the outlet that it received a cyber tip in April form the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children concerning child sexual-abuse material. Th

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