A Saline County man was arrested early Tuesday morning at a residence on Zuber Road, in the Salem community of Benton. He is suspected to be involved with child pornography.
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On Tuesday, November 12, 2024, agents from the Arkansas Internet Crimes Against Children (ICAC) Taskforce, 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.
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., age 36, 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.