Arkansas Man Arrested in Salem and Charged with More than 150 Counts of CSAM Possession

Arkansas Man Arrested in Salem and Charged with More than 150 Counts of CSAM Possession
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On Monday, a search warrant was executed by a number of Arkansas agencies, resulting in the arrest of a Level-3 sex offender.

Agents from the Arkansas Internet Crimes Against Children Taskforce, with the support of the Saline County Sheriff’s Office and the Arkansas Department of Community Corrections, executed a search warrant in the 8200 block of Zuber Road in Salem. They apprehended 36-year-old Mark Beagle Jr., according to the Arkansas State Police.

Beagle was lodged into the Saline County Detention Center and is currently facing 152 counts of Possession of Child Sexual Abuse Material, according to officials.

According to ASP, the search warrant was the outcome of an investigation that was initiated by a report from a social media platform to the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children (NCMEC).

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