NORWICH – The Norwich Police reported the arrest of a convicted, unregistered, child sex offender Thursday after searching his home along Midland Drive, where they allegedly discovered child pornography.

Police arrested John H. Stacy, 55, of Norwich, and charged him with possession of an obscene sexual performance by a child, a Class E felony and failing to register as a sex offender, a Class E felony.

Norwich Police Detective Reuben Roach confirmed that Stacy was a level two sex offender who had previously been convicted in 2002 of a felony sex crime for the use of a child in a sexual performance involving a 5 year old female victim.