Pastor charged in Kentucky undercover sex sting dies

By Charles Gazaway
WAVE
June 28, 2016

http://www.wave3.com/story/32328665/pastor-charged-in-kentucky-undercover-sex-sting-dies

David James Brown

LOUISVILLE, KY (WAVE) - The southern Indiana pastor arrested earlier this month after traveling to Central Kentucky for a sexual encounter with a minor has died.

David James Brown, 46, had been arrested June 15 in Frankfort by investigators from the Kentucky Attorney General's Office. Investigators said Brown's arrest came after he used an online site to arrange a meeting for sex with a minor and arrived at the parking lot where the meeting was to take place.

Brown, who at the time of his arrest was senior pastor at First Christian Church of Jeffersonville, was charged with use of electronic communications to procure a minor for sex. He was booked into the Franklin County Regional Jail on $10,000 cash bond. The church placed Brown on administrative leave following his arrest.

In a statement issued by the church to the News and Tribune, a news gathering partner of WAVE 3 News, Youth Minister Chad Bosecker said Brown died Monday in Georgia where he was with family.
 
"We were deeply saddened to learn yesterday about the tragic passing of Dave Brown," Bosecker said in the news release. "Please pray for his family and our church."

The statement gave no details about the cause of Brown's death.