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McCracken Fishing Coach Charged with Sex Offenses

McCracken Fishing Coach Charged with Sex Offenses
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By West Kentucky Star Staff
Feb. 15, 2019 | MCCRACKEN COUNTY
By West Kentucky Star Staff Feb. 15, 2019 | 12:26 PM | MCCRACKEN COUNTY
A volunteer coach at McCracken County High School is facing sex offenses.

According to the McCracken County Sheriff's Office, deputies were contacted on Thursday by Kentucky State Police in reference to allegations of inappropriate contact and communications between a minor and the McCracken County High School fishing coach, 56-year-old John Parks.

Detectives say they reviewed electronic communications between Parks and the minor and completed an oral interview with the victim. A meeting with the McCracken County Commonwealth Attorney's Office was held to discuss the details of the investigation.

At the conclusion of the meeting the decision was made to arrest Parks and charge him with first degree sexual abuse. A search warrant was prepared and signed by a district judge authorizing detectives to search Parks' vehicle and home, and to recover any and all electronic devices located as a result of the searches.

Parks was taken into custody Thursday night at an address on Court Avenue in Paducah. Upon reviewing a portion of some of the items seized pursuant to the search warrant, detectives identified inappropriate images that were believed to be of a second minor.

Detectives identified the individual and confirmed they were a minor at the time the images were obtained. It was also determined that the individual was unaware Parks was in possession of the images.

Parks was lodged in the McCracken County Regional Jail on charges of 1st degree sexual abuse and possession of child pornography. Deputies say the investigation is ongoing and multiple electronic and storage devices will be analyzed as a part of this investigation.

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