A Cynthiana police officer was arrested Wednesday afternoon for allegedly exchanging sexual images with a juvenile.
According to reports, 32-year-old John Philpot was on duty when he was arrested.
Philpot was allegedly engaging in “sexual talk” with two minors who are respectively 16 and 17 years old. Reports state that he sent an explicit picture of his penis more than once to the 17-year-old through the Snapchat app.
Philpot told police that the 17-year-old allegedly sent him a picture of her in a bathtub with no clothes.
Philpot has been suspended from his work at the Cynthiana Police Department without pay and lodged in the Scott County Detention Center.
