A man faces five counts of child sex abuse after investigators said he sexually abused a child he knew over the course of years, according to court records and the State Bureau of Investigations.

Marcus Alexander Dailey, 29, was arrested by SBI investigators on Jan. 14. He was accused of sexually abusing a child starting when she was around 9 years old, Cpl. Jess Thornton, of the Alabama Law Enforcement Agency's public information and education unit, confirmed Monday.

Thornton declined to share any additional details on the charges. The investigation into the reported abuse was ongoing.

Mobile County court records show the abuse was alleged to have started in June 2010. The child would have been 6 years old at the time, according to a date of birth provided in a complaint filed by prosecutors.

In early January, SBI investigators were contacted by the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children, according to an incident report filed by authorities.

The Center had received a cyber tip about a man, identified as Dailey, who claimed to have had sexual contact with a 10-year-old child.

The abuse allegedly took place at two different residences in Mobile, according to complaints filed in court.

Records from Mobile County Metro Jail show Dailey is no stranger to law enforcement. He was first booked in 2003 on one count of simple gambling. He had turned 18 years old only days before.

He has no known prior sexual offense arrests.