LYNDEN,
Wash. —
Detectives
arrested a former Lynden police officer Friday as part of a child pornography
investigation.
Detectives
arrested 57-year-old Donald Glunt, who was taken into custody without incident.
According
to investigators, Glunt had recently resigned his position with the Lynden
Police Department.
Detectives
said the investigation originated after officials with the Lynden Police
Department discovered images on Glunt’s city-owned cellphone while conducting
an internal administrative investigation.
On
Wednesday, Lynden Police Department’s Chief Jack Foster asked the Washington
State Patrol to conduct a criminal investigation.
Detectives
reviewed digital evidence and interviewed Glunt, which led to his arrest.
According
to investigators, Glunt was trading images with a 16-year-old girl in Texas.
Authorities in Texas assisted detectives by interviewing the victim.
The
incident remains as an ongoing investigation.
Glunt
was booked into the Skagit County Jail on charges of dealing and possession of
depictions of minors engaged in sexually explicit conduct and viewing of depictions
of a minor engaged in sexually explicit conduct.
