A 22-year-old Columbia man faces sex crime charges after the Mid-Missouri Internet Crimes Task Force arrested him yesterday.

Joshua M. Edmond of 1514 Sylvan Lane, Apt. 104, was arrested at about 5:45 p.m. on suspicion of possession of child pornography, the task force said in a news release that identified his residence as that of someone offering to share child pornography over the Internet through a file-sharing program.

Edmond was released from the Boone County Jail after posting a $20,000 bond.

The arrest occurred after a five-week investigation. Detectives began their investigation in mid-November and executed a search warrant at the residence on Nov. 23, seizing a laptop computer and numerous video files depicting the sexual molestation of children, including some believed to be as young as 7 years old.