UPDATED 4:37 P.M.

Springfield, IL (CAPITOL CITY NOW) – A Riverton man faces a host of charges for allegedly having child pornography, and for trying to have relations with an animal.

Court records indicate Benjamin Tarr, 39 faces three counts of Possession of Child Pornography and two counts of Sex with an Animal.

Tarr appeared in court last Thursday.  According to online court records, a judge ordered him held in jail pending trial.

According to documents filed in Sangamon County Circuit, Tarr made the child porn videos between late-December and last month, and that he allegedly also tried to have sexual contact with a calf twice in June.  The child victims are said to be under the age of 13 in at least two cases, and under the age of 18 at least once.

Tarr is next scheduled to be in court July 25th.