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Wednesday, December 30, 2009

Former deputy arrested

Brian Barker, son of former Forsyth sheriff, accused of soliciting minor for sex act

(By Wesley Young, Winston-Salem Journal) - A son of former Forsyth County Sheriff Ron Barker was arrested in Guilford County yesterday on a felony charge of using a computer to solicit a sex act with a minor.

Brian D. Barker, a former deputy sheriff who served under his father, was arrested shortly after noon by an undercover Guilford County sheriff's deputy.

The Guilford County Sheriff's Office said that Barker had been chatting online since June with the undercover deputy, whom he believed to be a 13-year-old girl.

Authorities said that Barker arranged to meet the undercover deputy yesterday and was arrested without incident. According to records, Barker was arrested at a location on Koger Boulevard in Greensboro.

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