A Bryan County man was arrested Friday on child pornography charges.

Lucius Penn, 40, is in the Bryan County Jail on charges of possession and distribution of child pornography, according to the Bryan County Sheriff’s Office.

Penn was arrested Friday morning after members of the BCSO’s Internet Crimes Against Children Task Force and the FBI Southeast Georgia Child Exploitation Task Force searched his home at 58 Laurenburg Drive in the Buckhead subdivision of south Bryan County.

“The protection of our children is the Sheriff's Office's highest priority,” Bryan County Sheriff Clyde Smith said.

Smith added that the investigation is ongoing.

Anyone with information is asked to contact the BCSO’s Criminal Investigation Division at 756-3101.