DECATUR Ill. (WAND) — Illinois State Police special agents arrested a 50-year-old Decatur man they say downloaded over 3,800 files containing child pornography from the internet.

Harry O. Shull was arraigned Wednesday on 10 counts of child pornography possession, according to Macon County Court records. He was denied pre-trial release and remains in custody at the Macon County Jail.

A sworn affidavit of Shull's arrest says ISP traced files he downloaded in July that had 3,474 videos and images of child sexual abuse to his IP address.

Another set of files downloaded to the IP address in September had 336 videos and images of children being sexually abused, according to the affidavit.

ISP special agents carried out a search warrant at Shull's house on Tuesday. Shull admitted to the agent

See Full Page