HOPKINSVILLE, Ky. (CLARKSVILLENOW) – An officer with the Hopkinsville Police Department has been arrested on charges related to the sexual abuse of a child.

Upon hearing of the allegations against 32-year-old Ian Levi Damber on Aug. 17, the department immediately notified Kentucky State Police (KSP).

Damber was arrested as the result of an investigation following a complaint of illegal sexual contact with a minor, according to KSP.

He was charged with five counts of sexual abuse in the first degree and booked into the Christian County Jail.

The charges are Class-D felonies punishable by one to five years in prison if convicted.