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Undercover Investigation Leads To Child Porn Charges

Posted at 9:14 AM, Sep 10, 2018
and last updated 2018-09-10 09:23:18-04

LOUISVILLE, Ky. (LEX 18) — Kentucky State Police announced Monday the arrest of a Louisville native on child pornography charges.

Authorities say 35-year-old Clyde D. Gardner was arrested Sept. 7 after an undercover investigation by KSP’s Electronic Crime Branch as part of an Internet Crimes Against Children probe,

Police executed a search warrant at a Louisville residence and seized electronic equipment. KSP says the investigation is ongoing.

Gardner was charged with five counts of the use of a minor in a sex performance and five counts of distribution of matter portraying a sexual performance by a minor.

He was being held in the Jefferson County Detention Center.