Clarke Community Schools say no Clarke students were involved in a sexual exploitation case that is now in the hands of the federal courts.
A press release from the U.S. Attorney’s Office, Southern District of Iowa dated Dec. 12 stated that a federal grand jury in Des Moines had returned a 13-count indictment on Dec. 10 charging 32-year-old Tyler B. Pavlick, Des Moines, with offenses related to sexual exploitations and attempted exploitation of children.
The indictment alleged that Pavlick “produced and attempted to produce sexually explicit visual depictions of minor victims at two cross-country meets for middle school and high school athletes” at two different meets in September, one in Marshall County and one in Clarke County, as well as an October arts and crafts festival. The incident also alleged that Pavlick “possessed a computer containing child sexual abuse material.”…