INTERNET INVESTIGATION NABS LAWRENCEBURG ALLEDGED SEXUAL PREDATOR
A 15 MONTH LONG INTERNET INVESTIGATION HAS LED TO THE ARREST OF A FRANKLIN COUNTY MAN. 45-YEAR OLD JOHN WARD OF LAWRENCEBURG FACES MULTIPLE CHARGES FROM THE PRINCETON POLICE DEPARTMENT IN WHICH OFFICERS, POSING AS A 15 YEAR OLD FEMALE, WOULD ENTER INTERNET CHAT ROOMS WHERE THEY WERE SOLICITED BY ADULTS FOR SEX.
LAST THURSDAY, OFFICERS OBTAINED WARRANTS FOR WARD AND FAXED THEM TO THE LAWRENCEBURG POLICE DEPARTMENT. WARD WAS ARRESTED AND LODGED HIM IN THE FRANKLIN COUNTY JAIL.
ON CHARGES OF SEVEN COUNTS OF PROHIBITED USE OF ELECTRONIC EQUIPMENT TO PROCURE A MINOR/PEACE OFFICER REGARDING SEX, AND SIX COUNTS OF DISTRIBUTION OF OBSCENE MATTER TO MINORS. FRIDAY OFFICERS TRAVELED TO FRANKLIN COUNTY AND TRANSPORTED WARD BACK TO CALDWELL COUNTY WHERE HE WAS LODGED IN THE COUNTY JAIL.
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