Elected Kentucky official makes first court Campbell County court appearance on child sex crime charge

( He's an incumbent republican )

CAMPBELL COUNTY, Ky. —
An elected Kentucky official is being held in the Campbell County Jail on a felony charge linked to child sex crimes.

Jail records show Daniel Braun, 52, of Alexandria, is accused of using either computers, phones or the internet to solicit or arrange for a person under 18 to engage in illegal sexual acts.

According to a uniform citation, Braun "conducted and willingly participated" in online conversations with an undercover detective, working in coordination with the Kentucky Internet Crimes Against Children Task Force, who Braun believed was a 14-year-old.

The citation says the conversation with the undercover agent were "illicit and sexually explicit in nature."

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