ATLANTA -- Federal authorities have arrested a north Georgia man accused of videotaping his sexual abuse of a 9-year-old girl over a four-year period and distributing photos and videos of the alleged incidents over the Internet.

James Bartholomew Huskey was arrested at his home in LaFayette on Monday and faces charges of manufacturing child pornography and uploading it to the Internet. Huskey is being held in federal custody and is scheduled to have a bond hearing before Magistrate Judge E. Clayton Scofield III on Monday.

Federal authorities began investigating the case in June 2006, and discovered images of a man sexually assaulting a young girl.

"This defendant allegedly produced a notorious series of images of child sexual abuse that have circulated around the world, with demand from the most hard-core and despicable child porn consumers," said David E. Nahmias, United States Attorney for the Northern District of Georgia. "The series of videos depict a girl being abused from the time she was approximately 5 years old until she was 9 years old.

Prosecutors said Huskey, 38, admitted abusing the girl and sending the images online. The victim was identified and confirmed the assaults and tapings.

Video and pictures of the abuse were sent by computer around the world. They were well known to members of child porn rings as the "Tara" photos. Police in Australia alerted the FBI about the images two years ago.

Huskey's two children have been taken into protective custody by Georgia authorities. Neighbors said Huskey works as a tennis coach.

Channel 2's Diana Davis spoke with one of Huskey's former tennis students. For five years, Tyler Cobb said he took lessons from Huskey. "It was crazy. I never expected it. He was like my second dad," Cobb said.

Cobb also said, "It will definitely take awhile for me to trust anyone like I trusted him because he was a big part of my life."

Huskey was a private tennis instructor at the LaFayette City Courts for about four years. The city's parks and recreation director, Patti Scott, said Huskey worked with kids as young as six, all the way up to adults. Scott said there were no complaints of inappropriate behavior.

"There is no face and no profile that you can give to anyone that commits a crime like this. It is a shock to us," Scott said.

Cobb said it was Huskey who helped him get a full tennis scholarship for college in the fall. "He was always there for me and now I've lost total respect for him," Cobb said.

A voicemail message left with Huskey's attorney, Matthew Dodge of the Federal Defender Program, was not immediately returned on Tuesday.