UPDATE (3:50 p.m.): According to Lt. Jay Baker of the Cherokee Sheriff's Office, over 200 images of child pornography have been discovered on Bowman's computer.
ORIGINAL STORY: A Canton man is out of jail on a $112,000 bond after being arrested last month for possession of child pornography on his computer.
According to Cherokee Sheriff's Office documents, the investigation against Martin Damian Bowman began on March 16, 2012.
"These types of cases are generally similar," said Sheriff's Office Public Information Officer Lt. Jay Baker. "We receive information someone is sharing child porn, investigators write a search warrant for the home and computer of suspect, that search warrant is executed and the computer is taken and then a forensic search of the computer is done."
Baker said that if technicians find "images of confirmed child pornography" on the computer in question, the owner of the computer is arrested.
Bowman was arrested and charged with ten counts of sexual exploitation of children on Feb. 28. He posted a $112,000 bail the same day and was released from custody. Bowman's case is ongoing, say authorities.
At the present time, it is unknown how much child pornography was found on Bowman's computer, or how investigators were originally tipped off in regards to this case.
Stay with Canton-Sixes Patch as we learn more on this case.