A Brawley man was arrested Wednesday and charged with various sex crimes against children.

Brawley Police and the Imperial Valley Internet Crimes Against Children Task Force , led by the Homeland Security Investigations unit , concluded a criminal child sex abuse investigation with the arrest of 25-year old Joaquin Alvarado Diaz , a current resident of Brawley. Diaz was taken into custody without incident and then booked into Imperial County Jail on multiple charges of lewd acts with a child under 14 years of age and sexual intercourse or sodomy with a child 10 years of age or younger. According to Brawley Police the alleged sexual abuse took place over several years.