Deputies took Major Gregory Wacks, 36, into custody after they received a tip from Homeland Security Investigations. Wacks is a Virginia National Guard airman.

CARROLLTON, Va. — Isle of Wight County sheriff's deputies arrested a Virginia National Guard (VNG) airman on Thursday. The reservist is accused of distributing child pornography.

Investigators arrested Maj. Gregory Wacks, who lives in Carrollton, after they got a tip from Homeland Security Investigations.

A criminal complaint revealed last November, the mobile messaging app Kik identified an account that had a profile picture of a naked child. Investigators traced the account to Wacks.

According to court documents, investigators said individuals who display child pornographic images on Kik accounts do so for the purpose of distributing and soliciting child porn.

The investigator went on to say those individuals engage in this behavior for long periods of time and go to great lengths to hide or conceal collections of images.

A spokesman for the Virginia National Guard said Wacks is assigned to the 192nd Wing at Joint Base Langley-Eustis. Wacks is a drill status airman who works full-time for the VNG at Langley Air Force Base as a Title 32 federal technician. The human resources officer joined the Virginia Air National Guard in June 2016 after serving about 10 years in the active duty Air Force.