St. James man accused of having hundreds of child porn files

COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ)

A St. James man was charged on Monday in Phelps County with seven counts of possessing child sex abuse materials.

Timothy Morris, 41, is being held at the Phelps County Jail without bond. He applied for a public defender on Monday. A hearing has not been scheduled.

The probable cause statement says law enforcement received a cyber tip on June 18 about a Yahoo account having more than 300 files of child sex abuse materials.

A warrant was served at Morris’ home on July 10 and he allegedly admitted to owning the Yahoo account and that he “collected” child sex abuse files for several years, court documents allege. An initial search by police found at least eight files containing child sex abuse.