March 15, 2024
Arkansas State Police (ASP) arrested a Benton man on Friday, March 8, 2024, charging him with 250 counts of Distributing, Possessing, or Viewing of Matter Depicting Sexually Explicit Conduct Involving a Child.
On February 29, 2024, ASP’s Internet Crimes Against Children (ICAC) Task Force opened an investigation into Gregory Lynn Westbrook, 27, after receiving a cyber tip related to the distribution of child sexual abuse materials.
With assistance from the Saline County Sheriff’s Office, Westbrook was taken into custody on March 8, 2024, by ASP Agents and transported to the Saline County Detention Center.
On Thursday, March 14, 2024, Agents with the ICAC Task Force and the Texarkana Police Department executed a search warrant in the 1400 block of Orleans Street in Texarkana, seizing electronic devices and other evidence at the home of 38-year-old Jonathan McLean.
McLean was taken into custody at his place of employment and later transported to the Miller County Detention Center, charged with 100 Counts of Distributing, Possessing, or Viewing of Matter Depicting Sexually Explicit Conduct Involving a Child.