MUSCLE SHOALS — A Muscle Shoals man is in jail accused of possessing dozens of photo albums filled with child pornography involving children as young as 3 years old, officials said.

Myron Joe Sizemore, 60, 100 Edison Ave., Muscle Shoals, was arrested Thursday morning on a grand jury indictment. He is charged with possession of pornographic material, Colbert County Sheriff Ronnie May said.

Police investigators said they do not believe any of the photos are of local children.

Courthouse officials said Sizemore was indicted during the September grand jury session. May said arrest warrants were issued Wednesday and Sizemore was taken into custody Thursday morning. He remains in the Colbert County Jail with bail set at $50,000.

Muscle Shoals police investigated the allegations against Sizemore and turned the information over to the district attorney’s office to present to the grand jury.

Muscle Shoals police detective Capt. Lanny Coan said the investigation began Aug. 3, after emergency medical officials and firefighters saw what they believed to be child pornography in Sizemore’s home.

Coan said Sizemore is disabled and lives alone, and emergency personnel went to Sizemore’s house Aug. 3 in response to a medical call.

“While they were inside the house giving him medical attention, they saw some photos and contacted us,” Coan said.

Police said Sizemore was questioned about the photos and he agreed to allow investigators to look through his house. Coan said police found 36 photo albums filled with nude photos of children.

Authorities said many of the photos were of boys and girls engaged in sexual activity.

“Some were as young as 3 or 4,” Coan said.

Police have taken the photo albums, two computers and numerous DVDs. The computers have been sent to a forensic lab to be analyzed.

Authorities said Sizemore said he was a member of the American Nudist Society and told them he had the nude photos.

“He was getting the photos through this nudist society,” Coan said. “Some of them were being mailed to him from other counties.”

The charge is a Class C felony, which carries a possible sentence of 1-10 years in prison.

Tom Smith can be reached at 256-740-5757 or tom.smith@TimesDaily.com.