Jacob Barnett has spent much of his life in the public eye, from the “60 Minutes” interview he did at age 13 to the Investigation Discovery docuseries “The Curious Case of Natalia Grace.” But what is ...

A pervy youth pastor is accused of posing as a teenage boy to exchange nude photos with young girls — even while on the phone with his wife, according to court documents. Jacob Ryan Barnett, a married ...

CATAWBA, Va. (WDBJ) - Catawba Valley Baptist Church released a statement Friday, August 8, in regard to the arrest of Jacob Barnett. The statement reads: We are devastated by the recent news ...

ROANOKE, Va. (WDBJ) - Jacob Ryan Barnett, 34, was arrested by FBI agents in North Carolina on Wednesday, August 6. Barnett, a youth pastor at Catawba Valley Baptist Church, is accused of solicitation ...

New details were revealed through a criminal complaint regarding a pastor in Roanoke County arrested for sexually grooming a minor through social media. 34-year-old Jacob Barnett had been an associate ...

ROANOKE COUNTY, Va. (WFXR)- Prosecutors alleged a 34-year-old Roanoke County man posed as a teenager online and “attempted to groom a 15-year-old girl living in Michigan.” According to a press release ...

CATAWBA, Va. – DEC. 10 UPDATE: A Catawba Youth Pastor, who has been in federal custody since his arrest in August for attempted coercion and enticement of a minor, pled guilty this week to related ...