Washington ( CNN ) -- A former high school teacher in Virginia was charged Wednesday with transporting and possessing child pornography , a discovery that was made after he was accused of engaging in sexual acts with a 16-year-old male former student , according to court documents . Kevin Garfield Ricks , 50 , was arrested in February at Osbourn High School in Manassas , Virginia , after authorities were notified of the alleged sexual misconduct , according to the criminal complaint filed against him Wednesday in U.S. District Court . Another student apparently reported the alleged offense to police after seeing a Facebook message from Ricks posted on the 16-year-old 's Facebook page that read , `` You told me our experience was your first with a guy , '' according to the complaint . The 16-year-old student told police that Ricks committed `` several sexual acts '' on him in December after providing him with `` significant quantities of Tequila . '' Authorities investigating the allegations seized Ricks ' personal belongings , including the personal laptop that he carried from his Virginia home during the week to his home in Maryland on the weekends . The laptop revealed eight images of child pornography , according to the complaint . The computer also contained an online chat transcript between Ricks and another alleged victim , who accused him of molestation in the mid-'70s at a summer camp for children with disabilities where Ricks worked as a counselor . Other pornographic images were found at Ricks ' home in Federalsburg , Maryland , including some that appear to have been taken in Japan in the late '80s and early '90s , when Ricks worked as an English teacher there . Most of the boys depicted in the images appear to be incapacitated , according to the complaint . An additional search of Ricks ' Maryland home in April turned up `` hundreds '' of videotapes and still images of child pornography , as well as handwritten journals that `` describe sexual acts with a number of conscious and unconscious minor males at a variety of locations , '' the complaint says . After his arrest in February , Ricks told detectives that the teachers union had told him that he had been `` walking a thin line '' after a parent accused him of `` stalking '' a student he was mentoring at the Huntington Learning Center in Fauqier County , Virginia . In a written statement provided by his attorney to The Washington Post last week , Ricks said he `` will spend the rest of my days seeking forgiveness and atonement . '' `` It is understandable how some may see me in a negative light , but like other people in this world , I have had many positive accomplishments in my personal life and career . I would like people to consider those as well , '' the statement said , according to the Post . Ricks is being held in the Prince William County Adult Detention Center . If convicted of the charges , he faces up to 30 years in prison .
Kevin Ricks , 50 , was charged with transporting and possessing child porn . Alleged offense came to light when he was accused of sexual acts with ex-student . Score: 6 He faces up to 30 years in prison if convicted of the charges .