A north Jefferson County teen has been arrested and charged with sexual torture of a child.

The Jefferson County Sheriff's Office on Wednesday announced charges against Nicholas Cameron McCloy. He is 16 and charged as an adult.

Chief Deputy Randy Christian said school resource deputies at Pinson Valley High School were called to the office to investigate a complaint. A staff member had discovered information that the suspect had assaulted a young female. This incident was not school-related.

SRO's collected the information and turned the investigation over to sheriff's detectives, Christian said. The detectives reviewed the information and interviewed both McCloy and the young victim.

Court records state McCloy on Feb. 18 "did penetrate the mouth of a female who was less than 12 with an inanimate object with the intent to torture or sexually abuse her." Additional details were not released.

McCloy admitted to assaulting the victim. He was arrested and taken to the Jefferson County Jail.

On Tuesday, detectives obtained arrest warrants formally charging McCloy as an adult with two counts of sexual torture due to the age of the victim and force used by the suspect.

He remains in the Jefferson County Jail with bond set at $500,000.

In 2014, the teen's father pleaded guilty to first-degree sex abuse of a child under the age of 12. Nicholas Carson McCloy was sentenced to 10 year in prison with one year to serve in that case.