UPDATE: Tuscaloosa County man now facing more than 100 child porn charges

TUSCALOOSA, Ala. (WBRC) - UPDATE: 63-year-old Dennis Wright is now facing more than 100 charges related to child porn.

Authorities say the new charges come after they looked through additional computer evidence and investigated tips from the public.

“We have some other entities assisting us with this at this time because it is a rather large scale case and we have had some people come forward as a result of these stories that have gone out in the media and have been able to provide us with additional information that could be crucial to the on-going investigation,” said Sgt. Josh Hastings.

Sgt. Josh Hastings says Dennis Wright remains in the Tuscaloosa County Jail on a cash bond of $1 million, meaning if he wants to bond out, he’d have to put up the million dollars, dollar for dollar.

ORIGINAL: A Tuscaloosa County man faces a plethora of child porn charges, well over a dozen counts, according to criminal investigators. Dennis Wright is in the Tuscaloosa County Jail and could be there for a while because the investigation is not over.

Investigators say they arrested 63-year-old Dennis Wright Monday on a single charge of dissemination of child pornography.

Since that time, detectives discovered more, 20 more charges of child pornography, 20 photos of children, and there could be even more evidence. Investigators say they are still pouring over additional computer data.

Sgt. Josh Hastings says this is beginning to feel like a much larger case than originally thought and feel maybe the public might be able to assist.

On the current charges, court records show Wright remains in the Tuscaloosa County Jail on bonds totaling $200,000. WBRC asked whether Wright had confessed and Sgt. Hastings said, “He’s being cooperative.”

If you have any information that could help detectives, Sgt. Hastings encourages anyone to call the Tuscaloosa County Sheriff’s Department at 205-752-0616.

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