A Moore County man is facing 20 felony charges related to child sexual exploitation following a joint investigation by the Moore County Sheriff’s Office and the North Carolina State Bureau of Investigation’s Computer Crimes Unit.

According to Moore County Sheriff Ronnie Fields, 25-year-old Timothy Ray Hair Jr., also known as Timothy Hair-Comer, was arrested Friday, May 16, after law enforcement executed a search warrant at a residence in the 500 block of Candor Road in Eagle Springs.

The investigation was prompted by multiple CyberTips from the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children (NCMEC), leading to a coordinated response from the Sheriff’s Office Forensic Services Division, the Special Response Team, and SBI special agents.

Hair is charged with 10 counts of second-degree sexual exploitation of a minor and 10 counts of third-degree sexual exploitation of a minor. He was booked into the Moore County Detention Center under a $500,000 secured bond.

His first court appearance is scheduled for May 21 in Moore County District Court.

Information and photo used in this article were contributed by the Moore County Sheriff’s Office. All defendants are presumed innocent until proven guilty in a court of law.