An Air Force technical sergeant was arrested Monday on his South Carolina base and charged with child pornography and sexual exploitation of children.

South Carolina Attorney General Alan Wilson’s office said that Tech. Sgt. David Wayne Crouse, 37, was taken into custody Monday morning by the Shaw Air Force Base Office of Special Investigations and the Sumter Police Department, Stars and Stripes reported.

The AG’s office also said that investigators executed search warrants at Crouse’s office on base and at his Sumter home.

Investigators said they received a CyberTipline report from the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children about explicit files shared in a messaging group in April 2021. The investigation led them to Crouse, who allegedly possessed files of child sexual abuse material.

Crouse was released on a $25,000 bond.

Stars and Stripes said Crouse entered the Air Force in 2003 to work on aerospace propulsion maintenance and is now assigned to the 20th Component Maintenance Squadron at Shaw. He’s been at the South Carolina base for four years, The State reported.

The State said he faces 10 years in prison on each of five counts should be be convicted.

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