| ||||||||||
 
Dr. Ronald P. Rogers CHIROPRACTOR Support for your body's natural healing capabilities 270-384-5554 Click here for details 
  
Columbia Gas Dept. GAS LEAK or GAS SMELL Contact Numbers 24 hrs/ 365 days 270-384-2006 or 9-1-1 Call before you dig 
Visit ColumbiaMagazine's Directory of Churches Addresses, times, phone numbers and more for churches in Adair County Find Great Stuff in ColumbiaMagazine's Classified Ads Antiques, Help Wanted, Autos, Real Estate, Legal Notices, More... 
|
Shepherdsville man arrested for allegedly seeking sex with minor Cyber Crimes Unit catches alleged online predator seeking sex with minor Note: An individual charged by police or in a warrant is presumed innocent unless and until proven guilty at some later criminal proceeding Click on headline for complete story By Terry Sebastian/Crystal Staley From Attorney General Andy Beshear's office of Communications FRANKFORT, KY. (July 6, 2016) - Attorney General Andy Beshear and his Cyber Crimes Unit today announced a Shepherdsville man has been arrested for seeking sex with a minor. Jonathen Howerton, 24, of Shepherdsville, was arrested July 5 and charged with prohibited use of an electronic communications system to procure a minor for sex, a Class D felony. According to cyber investigators, Howerton initially met an undercover investigator from Beshear's office, who was posing as a minor, in an online chat room. He then used the Kik messenger app to communicate over the Internet for several days. Howerton requested to meet the person he believed to be a minor to engage in sexual acts. When Howerton arrived at the believed encounter in Jeffersontown, he was immediately arrested. Howerton, who was armed with a handgun, told investigators he worked as a security guard and allegedly admitted that he traveled to meet the supposed minor for sex. At his arraignment today in Jefferson County Circuit Court, a judge ordered Howerton not to have any contact with minors or computers and set his bond at $50,000. The work of the Cyber Crimes Unit, a division of the Department of Criminal Investigations in the Office of the Attorney General, is part of Beshear's core mission to keep sexual predators away from Kentucky's families and children. "It's our core mission to take those who would exploit children off the streets to ensure our communities are safe," Beshear said. "I would like to thank my team along with Chief Conrad and the Crime Reduction Unit detectives, the Jeffersontown Police Department and the Kentucky State Police for helping in this case." Since taking office January 4, Beshear's Cyber Crimes Unit has arrested or convicted 26 sexual predators. This story was posted on 2016-07-07 04:09:21
Printable: this page is now automatically formatted for printing.
Have comments or corrections for this story? Use our contact form and let us know. More articles from topic Police and Fire Reports:
Two dead after Breckenridge Co. collision KSP arrest 2 in connection with Shepherdsville Police Assault Safety Checks to be conducted in KSP Post 15 area KSP Post 15 Activity for June, 2016 BAVFD Swift Water Rescue team rescues pickup truck driver Injury collision occurs at Green Hills Road & Liberty Road Adair County Sheriff's Activity Report, June 2016 CAC-VFD: Firework Safety Guidelines Injury collision on KY 88 Green Co., involves parked dump truck Motorcyclist injured in single vehicle crash in Marion Co., KY View even more articles in topic Police and Fire Reports |
 
115 Jamestown St. Columbia, KY. 270-384-2496 
  
   
 Provided by the Adair Co Fiscal Court and the Adair Co. Emergency Mgt. Agency 
|
||||||||
|
| ||||||||||
|
Quick Links to Popular Features
Looking for a story or picture? Try our Photo Archive or our Stories Archive for all the information that's appeared on ColumbiaMagazine.com. | ||||||||||
|
Contact us: Columbia Magazine and columbiamagazine.com are published by Linda Waggener and Pen Waggener, PO Box 906, Columbia, KY 42728. Please use our contact page, or send questions about technical issues with this site to webmaster@columbiamagazine.com. All logos and trademarks used on this site are property of their respective owners. All comments remain the property and responsibility of their posters, all articles and photos remain the property of their creators, and all the rest is copyright 1995-Present by Columbia Magazine. Privacy policy: use of this site requires no sharing of information. Voluntarily shared information may be published and made available to the public on this site and/or stored electronically. Anonymous submissions will be subject to additional verification. Cookies are not required to use our site. However, if you have cookies enabled in your web browser, some of our advertisers may use cookies for interest-based advertising across multiple domains. For more information about third-party advertising, visit the NAI web privacy site.
| ||||||||||
