ST. LOUIS • A Washington University medical student is facing multiple criminal charges accusing him of the possession of child pornography.

St. Louis prosecutors on Thursday charged Eric Hanson, 23, of the 5800 block of Westminster Place in St. Louis, with six counts of possession of child pornography.

Charging documents claim that investigators detected a computer at Hanson's address offering to share child porn online. When police searched Hanson's home, they found a computer with what they estimated to be more than 1,000 videos containing child porn, documents say. They narrowed their investigation down to six, and Hanson admitted that he had downloaded each video, the criminal complaint says.

Hanson's bail is currently $150,000 cash, but his lawyers will be in court Tuesday seeking a reduction.

On Friday, the Post-Dispatch obtained a copy of an email from medical school officials alerting students that an unnamed student had been suspended after being “charged by law enforcement authorities with crimes related to child pornography.”

“The university has no reason to believe that any of the alleged criminal activity took place at the university or its affiliated institutions,” the email says.