Former Shoshone County Deputy arrested on child sex charges

Former Shoshone County Sheriff’s Deputy Shawn A. Clark, 40, was arrested at his home in Pinehurst, Idaho, today on a charge of lewd conduct with a minor. Clark was a Shoshone County Deputy from November of 2002 to August 2005. One of his assignments during those years was the Wallace School Resource Officer. Shoshone County Sheriff Mitch Alexander said the case against Clark includes allegations of sexual abuse of a minor over a period of 10 years. Some of the abuse likely occurred while Clark was working as a deputy, Alexander said. Clark left the department to take a construction job, Alexander said. He had been working as a purchasing agent at the Sunshine Mine but was laid off recently, he said. Clark has been booked into the Shoshone County Jail. Anyone with information about other possible criminal activity by Clark is asked call (208) 556-1150.