Authorities said a police officer has been arrested as part of an investigation into an alleged prostitution ring in southwestern Kentucky.
Kentucky State Police said Wednesday that Oak Grove police Sergeant Benjamin R. Walden was among three people arrested after authorities received a complaint about a female being held against her will at a motel in the town near the Tennessee line.
State police said investigators found that three females were being held against their will and forced to have sex with several men.
Police said Walden, of Clarksville, has been facing charges of first-degree sodomy, first-degree rape, fourth-degree assault, permitting prostitution, and tampering with a witness. Online jail records didn't list an attorney for the 43-year-old officer.
The two others arrested were charged with unlawful imprisonment, human trafficking, and promoting prostitution.
