A Starkville man is facing statutory rape and child pornography charges.
Police arrested 22-year-old Lane E. Clark, of Starkville on Thursday for incidents that occurred in September and October, according to Starkville Police Department Public Information Officer Brandon Lovelady. Clark has been arrested on suspicion of statutory rape, receiving child pornography and a misdemeanor charge of dissemination of sexually oriented material to a person under 18 years of age.
According to affidavits The Dispatch obtained from Starkville Municipal Court, Clark received a video of a child younger than 18 years old “engaging in sexually explicit conduct.” The documents say Clark also had sex with a child victim in his Highway 12 apartment.
Clark is also accused of sending a picture of his penis to a child, according to affidavits.
Clark is being held in the Oktibbeha County Jail on $11,000 bond.
Alex Holloway was formerly a reporter with The Dispatch.
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