On February 2, 2012, Michael Rood, age 49, of Siloam Springs, Arkansas, was arrested on a Marion County Felony Warrant for: Computer Child Pornography and Unlawful Use of a Communications Device, bond $50,000.00. The arrest is the result of an online investigation, from when Rood made contact and engaged in sexually explicit chats, along with sending pornographic images of his self, via the internet, with who he believed was a 14 year old girl, which in fact was an undercover investigator from the Marion County Sheriff’s Department. Rood is expected to make his first appearance before the Marion County Circuit Court on February 8th, 2012 at 10:00 AM.