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KEARNEY — A Kearney man is no longer associated with the University of Nebraska at Kearney after being one of 12 men arrested last month in connection with sex trafficking.

Cory Walcott, 42, was arrested on July 29 at a Lincoln hotel on suspicion of soliciting prostitution, a misdemeanor. He is accused of meeting a woman at a Lincoln hotel for sex, said Katie Flood, Lincoln Police Department public information officer. However, the woman was an undercover police officer.

Walcott’s arrest was part of the National Johns Suppression Initiative aimed at reducing sex trafficking.

Walcott had been the chair of the Military Science Department and was employed by the ROTC to teach military classes at UNK since December 2014. He resigned his position Aug. 2, UNK Communications said.

In Lincoln, seven people, including Walcott, were arrested on suspicion of solicitation of prostitution and four on suspicion of prostitution. Late this morning, Walcott had not been formally charged.

Walcott posted bond July 29 and is free.

Walcott graduated from UNK in 2012 with a bachelor of science degree in psychobiology.