A Florida Boy Scouts leader was arrested Tuesday on charges of possessing child pornography, WFTV-9 an ABC affiliate in Orlando reported.

Michael Douglas Hanen, 67, was arrested at his Umatilla, Florida, home on possession of 38 images of children under the age of 18 on a “digital device,” according to the Florida Department of Law Enforcement. Some of the pictures featuring boys and girls were as young as 2 years old.

“Today was just the initial charges and there could be additional charges coming if we uncover digital evidence,” said Danny Banks, special agent in charge of FDLE’s Orlando region, according to the Orlando Sentinel.

According to the report, FLDE agents started their investigation of Hanen after receiving a tip. This led to them searching the device that contained all of those images and the subsequent arrest. Since Hanen’s work with the Lake County Boy Scouts gave him extensive access to young children, the FLDE asked anyone with information on his behavior to call and report it.

Hanen told police he was "very actively involved in Boy Scouts and has been for the past several decades," according to an affidavit.

Troop leaders' involvement in child pornography or other sex crimes has been a problem for the Boy Scouts for decades. In 2015, the Los Angeles Times tracked thousands of cases between 1947 and 2005.

On Friday, a Louisiana scout leader was found guilty on two counts of oral sexual battery, molestation of a juvenile and 54 counts of pornography involving juveniles. In April, a former New Jersey scout leader was convicted on 11 child pornography charges.

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