Theo Hudson Cooper, 23, Minot is charged in district court in Minot with three Class C felony counts of possession of child pornography.

According to a probable cause affidavit filed with the court, the Minot Police Department received a report in December 2019 from the North Dakota Bureau of Criminal Investigation, which had received a report from the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children that Cooper had uploaded three illegal images to the internet. The images depict the sexual abuse of young children.

Police obtained a warrant and searched Cooper’s electronics. According to the affidavit, Cooper acknowledged using the app Discord to chat online and to using the email address associated with the upload of the illegal images. Cooper allegedly admitted that he had traded the illegal images five or six times in 2019.

A search of Cooper’s electronics contained multiple illegal images, according to the affidavit.

Cooper was scheduled to make an initial appearance on the charges on Tuesday in district court before Judge Stacy Louser.