(Michigan City, IN) - A Michigan City man has been arrested on child pornography charges.

Thanks to an online tip, the Indiana State Police Internet Crimes Against Children Task Force began an investigation into illegal material being downloaded. According to the La Porte County Sheriff's Office, authorities pinpointed activities on a Synchronoss Technologies account, which is a cloud-based storage provider for all digital media on the Verizon Wireless Network.

Last week, county authorities arrested 39-year-old Steffano Alan Guess of Michigan City on two felony counts of child exploitation. As HTNN has previously reported (click here for article), Guess was found hiding in the closet of a mobile home in the 6200 block of North 400 West. 

According to court records, Guess appeared in La Porte Superior Court 1 on Tuesday and pled not guilty. He has a jury trial scheduled for November 12.