UNION TOWNSHIP, MI — A 27-year-old Texas man sent multiple videos of himself engaged in sex acts to a 14-year-old Michigan girl in the year before he traveled across the country in an attempt to meet her, police say.

The Isabella County Sheriff's Department announced they arrested Glen Stephen Timberlake on Tuesday, Dec. 30. He is charged with multiple felonies, many related to his interaction with the minor.

Police said when they arrested Timberlake in Union Township, the man had a "large knife" in his front pocket. Timberlake told them he brought it because he "wanted to get some answers," sheriff's deputies reported.

The Austin, Texas, man started communicating with the Isabella County youth two years ago, when she was 12, police said. According to reports, the two initially connected while playing the video game Minecraft online. Police report their interaction was not initially sexual in nature. Timberlake began sending the girl sexually explicit videos and messages about a year ago, police allege.

Isabella County Sheriff Leo Mioduszewski told Inquistr.com that the teen's mother recognized the man outside her home and called police.

In total, the Isabella County Sheriff's Department states Timberlake has sent the 14-year-old four videos of him sexually pleasuring himself. One video includes a dog, the department reported.

Timberlake remains jailed on a $700,000 bond on charges related to accosting a child, using a computer to accost a minor, using a computer to commit an aggravated indecent exposure, carrying a concealed weapon, carrying a dangerous weapon with unlawful intent, stalking a minor and aggravated indecent exposure by fondling his genitals and/or pubic area for a minor, according to the sheriff's department.

Additional court dates in the case are not set at this time.

— Jessica Shepherd is a reporter with MLive/The Saginaw News. Contact her at 989-996-0687, email her at jessica_shepherd@mlive.com or follow her on Twitter.