Federal prosecutors in northwest Indiana say a former Gary police officer targeted a teenager in a summer employment program, and tried to get them to send him sexually explicit images.

A former Gary, Indiana police officer was arrested Thursday for allegedly enticing a minor to send him sexually explicit content.James W. Bond, 52, of Crown Point, Indiana, has been charged with sexual exploitation of a minor and receiving and possessing child pornography.

A former police officer and commander with the Gary Police Department was arrested and indicted Thursday on federal charges for allegedly coercing a minor to engage in sexually explicit conduct. The officer,