FRANKLIN, N.C. (FOX Carolina) - The Franklin Police Department reports arresting a man currently on parole in connection to child sex crimes on Wednesday.

Officers said 42-year-old Joshua Allen Sloan from Statesville was charged with attempted statutory rape, soliciting a child by computer or other electronic device to commit an unlawful sex act resulting in appearance at meeting location and disseminating material harmful to minors.

Police report additional charges are also pending as the investigation is ongoing.

Officers called Sloan a “high-risk sex offender” and said he has multiple criminal convictions for crimes against children, including statutory rape, indecent liberties, and sexual exploitation of a minor.

Police report Sloan was on parole at the time of his recent arrest an

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