A LOCAL INTERNET INVESTIGATION LED TO THE ARREST OF A CHRISTIAN COUNTY MAN TUESDAY.
ACCORDING TO THE PRINCETON POLICE DEPARTMENT, 46-YEAR-OLD MARK BATSON OF HOPKINSVILLE WAS ARRESTED ON CHARGES OF PROHIBITED USE OF ELECTRONIC EQUIPMENT TO PROCURE A MINOR/PEACE OFFICER REGARDING SEX, AND DISTRIBUTION OF OBSCENE MATTER TO MINORS. THE CHARGES STEM FROM AN INVESTIGATION IN WHICH OFFICERS, POSING AS A 15 YEAR OLD FEMALE, WOULD ENTER INTERNET CHAT ROOMS WHERE THEY WERE SOLICITED BY ADULTS FOR SEX. OFFICERS OBTAINED WARRANTS FORBATSON AND FAXED THEM TO THE HOPKINSVILLE POLICE DEPARTMENT WHO ARRESTED HIM AND LODGED HIM IN THE CHRISTIAN COUNTY JAIL. OFFICERS TRAVELED TO HOPKINSVILLE AND TRANSPORTED BATSON BACK TO CALDWELL COUNTY AND LODGED HIM IN THE COUNTY JAIL.
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