David Banks, 25, found, arrested in DeKalb
County after termination from Unionville PD
DeKalb County
A former Unionville Police
officer was charged with sexual misconduct involving a child after Kirksville
Police received and investigated claims he was exchanging inappropriate text
messages with a juvenile.
David Banks, 25, was arrested
at a residence in Stewartsville after being terminated from the Unionville
Police Department over allegations of sexual misconduct.
According to the Kirksville
Police Department, the suspect had been exchanging sexual explicit text
messages and had sent at least one image to a 14-year-old female in Unionville.
KPD began its investigation Thursday.
Following his termination with
the police department Thursday, Banks is alleged to have left Unionville and
was located at a residence in DeKalb County, where a search warrant was executed
for his arrest early Friday morning.
Banks was being held in the
Daviess/Dekalb Regional Jail as of Friday morning on a $10,000 cash-only bond.
He was charged with the class D felony of sexual misconduct involving a child.
The investigation is ongoing
and other charges are pending, according to KPD.