A tip to state investigators led to the arrest of a well-known Birmingham jazz musician, authorities said Tuesday.

Ray Reach, 69, was taken into custody Monday by the U.S. Marshals Gulf Coast Regional Fugitive Task Force. Lt. Brooke Walker, ALEA's commander of the Alabama Internet Crimes Against Children Task Force and the Alabama State Bureau of Investigation's Special Victims Unit, said the investigation into Reach was launched after the agency received information that he was suspected of being in possession child pornography.

Walker said the victims depicted in the images in Reach's possession were of males under the age of 17. Because of the ongoing investigation, she said she can't disclose the location of where and how they were located and seized but said they were on electronic devices.

The evidence was presented to a Jefferson County grand jury which led to Reach being indicted on four counts of possession of child pornography.

Chief Deputy U.S. Marshal Cliff LaBarge said Reach was taken into custody without incident about 2 p.m Monday in the parking lot of the Homewood Senior Center. He was booked into the Jefferson County Jail at 2:40 p.m. Monday and released about 7:30 p.m. after posting $15,000 bond.

Reached at his Hoover home on Tuesday, Reach said he was meeting with an attorney later in the day and declined comment until a later date.

Reach is a Birmingham native and a staple in the jazz community. According to his online bio and social media, he is a former music instructor at Birmingham Southern College and the University of Alabama at Birmingham. He lists his current occupation as director of student jazz programs at the Alabama Jazz Hall of Fame.

A keyboardist, vocalist and guitarist, Reach was recognized last year by AL.com as one of 30 Alabamians who changed jazz history.