A Ball Ground man has been arrested on 40 counts of sexual exploitation of children for possessing child pornography.

Charles Amy, 61, was arrested at his home on Thursday night by the Cherokee Sheriff's Office Internet Crimes Against Children Task Force.

The task force executed a search warrant at Amy's home after a month-long undercover investigation.

There they found thousands of videos and images of child porn on Amy's computer, according to sheriff's office Public Information Officer Lt. Jay Baker.

Amy is being held without bond at the Cherokee Adult Detention Center.

The sheriff's office is a cooperative member of the Internet Crimes Against Children Task Force.

The task force program was created by the Department of Justice to help State and Local Law Enforcement agencies enhance their investigative response to offenders who use the Internet, online communications systems or other computer technology to sexually exploit children.

The program comprises 59 regional task force agencies across the nation and is funded by the United States Department of Justice, Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention. Georgia's ICAC Regional Task Force is supervised by the GBI.