Officer Joshua Clark Arrested for Child Solicitation After Citizen-Led Sting Operation

Avon, Indiana police arrested former Portland police officer Joshua Clark, 36 Thursday, on two felony counts of child solicitation.

Clark was first accused of being a child predator by a civilian-run group, Predator Catchers Indianapolis, who gave video and text message evidence to the Avon police department on May 13. The video evidence included Clark admitting to driving over 100 miles between Portland and Avon, intending to meet up with who he thought was a 14-year-old girl he had been messaging with online for weeks.

Portland Police Chief Josh Stephenson suspended Clark after seeing the video of the sting. A mid-May statement on the Portland Police Department's Facebook page called the incident "appalling," and said that Clark had been "removed from any and all law enforcement duties without pay."

Clark officially resigned from his position on May 20.

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