November 12, 2024

SALEM, Ark. — On Tuesday, November 12, 2024, agents from the Arkansas Internet Crimes Against Children (ICAC) Task Force, with assistance from the Arkansas State Police SWAT Team, 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.

The search warrant was the result of an investigation prompted by a National Center for Missing and Exploited Children (NCMEC) tip originating from a social media platform.

Mark Beagle Jr., 36, of Salem, was arrested, transported, and booked into the Saline County Detention Center on 152 counts of Possession of Child Sexual Abuse Material (CSAM). 

Beagle is registered as a Level-3 sex offender, stemming from previous convictions.