Columbus police arrest man in child sex crime investigation
Columbus police arrested a man in connection to a child sex crime investigation.
Clayton’s mugshot on Feb. 10 (Image:Muscogee County Jail)
Police arrested 43-year-old David F. Clayton, Jr., on Tuesday, Feb. 10, 2026.
Clayton was booked into the Muscogee Coubty Jail at 3:09 p.m. and charged with two counts of sexual battery, one count of enticing a child for indecent purposes, one count of sodomy and one count of child molestation.
The charges are connected to an offense which occurred on Aug. 23, 2025.
Details surrounding the investigation are unclear. This is a developing story.
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