CLEVELAND — The chief of an Ashland County fire department was arrested Thursday on a felony sex crime charge, according to court records.

Brandon Mosher, the chief of the Polk Jackson Perry Fire District, is charged with one count of pandering obscenity involving a minor or impaired person in the Ashland County Court of Common Pleas.

The Ashland County Sheriff's Office confirmed deputies, along with the members of the Ohio Bureau of Criminal Investigation, served a search warrant Thursday after receiving a tip from the Internet Crimes Against Children Task Force Program several months ago.

The sheriff's office said the case is "still open and under investigation."

Mosher is being held on a $300,000 bond.

Anyone with information on the case is asked to call the Ashland County Sherif

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