BARTON COUNTY — Law enforcement authorities are investigating a suspect on child porn allegations.

Detectives with the Great Bend Police Department received information in reference to the possession of child pornography by a suspect in Great Bend, began investigating and received additional assistance from the local officials with Department for Children and Families, according to a media release.

Detectives were able to obtain a search warrant for an individual’s cellphone contents. A preliminary search of the device confirmed the child pornography on the phone.

On Tuesday, police arrested 31-year-old Juan Manuel Jurado Garcia on requested charges of sexual exploitation of a child and him booked into the Barton County Detention Center with a bond set at $50,000.