Hickory comedian faces child sex crime charges, authorities say

[Jim Burton]

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A comedian and actor from Hickory, North Carolina, has been arrested on child sex crime charges, authorities said Friday.

Jon Reep, 53, was booked into the Catawba County Detention Facility on charges of sexual exploitation of a minor, the county’s sheriff’s office said Friday. Bond was set at $260,000.

An investigation began in April into an account connected to Reep after the Hickory Police Department received a tip, the agency said Friday. Officers executed a search warrant and seized electronic devices, police said.

A grand jury handed up one charge of second-degree sexual exploitation of minor and nine charges of third-degree sexual exploitation of minor, police said.