RENO, Nev. (KOLO) - A 19-year-old Reno man has been arrested for allegedly being in possession of child sex abuse material.

Giovanni Martinelli was arrested Wednesday after a months long investigation.

The Internet Crimes Against Children Task Force and the FBI conducted a search warrant on a residence in north Reno on Dec. 3.

The Washoe County Sheriff’s Office says the material was found on digital items belonging to Martinelli. Police say he also admitted to creating child sex abuse material of children as young as 12 and to sextorting other children into providing child sex abuse material.

Martinelli was booked into the Washoe County Detention Facility on a felony charge of possession of visual presentation depicting sexual conduct of a person under 16.

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