Left: Booking photo of Joshua Barnes. Right: Joshua Barnes as pictured on the Kickapoo Tribal Police Department website.
(KAIR)--Alleged sex crimes with a child lead to the arrest of a local police official.
According to Jackson County Sheriff Tim Morse, Joshua Lee Benjamin Barnes was arrested early Tuesday morning on a charge of indecent liberties with a child less than 14-years-old.
He was taken into custody by the Brown County Sheriff's Office in connection to what Morse says is a Holton Police Department investigation.
Barnes, of Meriden, was released from custody on a bond of $50,000.
The 33-year-old Barnes, since last year, has served as the Assistant Chief of Police for the Kickapoo Tribal Police Department.
Tribal Chief of Police Loren Lossman tells MSC News that Barnes has been placed on leave, with pay, but had no further comment on the arrest.
According to the department's website, Barnes began working for the Kickapoo Tribal Police on March 11, 2013. He was promoted to Investigator in July 2015 and to Assistant Chief of Police on February 18, 2016.
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