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Former journalist Joseph Brent Walker was charged with enticing a minor.

Walker allegedly sent explicit photos to a detective posing as a 14-year-old.

Prosecutors seek a no-bail arrest warrant citing danger to the community.

SALT LAKE CITY — A former Deseret News journalist who also wrote an independent syndicated column about traditional values was charged Friday with "enticing" a detective posing online as a 14-year-old girl "to engage in sexual activity."

The Davis County Attorney's Office filed third-degree felony charges Friday against Joseph Brent Walker, 70, in 2nd District Court. Walker faces one count of enticing a minor and two counts of distributing material harmful to a minor.

Prosecutors also filed a request asking a judge to issue a no-bail arrest warrant

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