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The Dallas Morning News

By Kevin Krause
kkrause@dallasnews.com
3:36 pm on July 25, 2013

Joshua Earls, a former youth minister at the Arapaho Road Baptist Church in Garland, is accused of a molesting a 16-year-old girl.

A former Garland youth minister accused of molesting a teenage girl has been indicted in federal court on a charge of producing child pornography.

Joshua Earls and the 16-year-old girl he sexually assaulted had sent each other text messages with photos of each others’ genitalia, according to a federal complaint.

Earls and his brother are both accused of molesting underage girls. The brothers met the victims through Arapaho Road Baptist Church in Garland.

A U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement agent found the photos on Earls’ cell phone that was seized during a search of his Garland home in April, the complaint said.