Union County Man Arrested For Child Exploitation

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Source: Mississippi Attorney General’s Office

Press Release from the Mississippi Attorney General’s Office:

JACKSON, Miss. — A Union County resident is behind bars tonight (Tuesday) facing charges of child exploitation, announced Attorney General Jim Hood today.

Marvin Lloyd Lemar, 24, of Myrtle was arrested around 4:30 this evening by investigators with the Attorney General’s Cyber Crime Unit/Internet Crimes Against Children with assistance from the Union County Sheriff’s Office. Lemar is alleged to have been in possession of child pornography on his cell phone. He was booked into the Union County Detention Facility. If convicted of the charge, he faces up to 40 years behind bars. As with all cases, the defendant is presumed innocent until proven guilty beyond a reasonable doubt in a court of law.

The case is being investigated by the Attorney General’s Cyber Crime Unit and will be prosecuted by Special Assistant Attorney General Brandon Ogburn.

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