FORT THOMAS, KY (FOX19) - A Fort Thomas man who made the Kentucky Sex Offender Registration list for an offense involving a 4-year-old is back behind bars on charges he violated the law by creating a Facebook page and establishing an unregistered email address. 

Here's a release from the Kentucky State Police: 

(FRANKFORT, KY) – On Sept. 16, 2011, the Kentucky State Police Electronic Crime Branch arrested Mark Steven Schlasinger, 34, of Fort Thomas, Ky. as the result of an ongoing undercover Internet Crimes Against Children investigation.

Schlasinger is a registered sex offender from a 2002 case in Campbell County, in which he was convicted of Sexual Abuse in the First Degree. The Electronic Crime Branch received multiple complaints from individuals who advised that Schlasinger was using a social networking site, which is prohibited by law.

FRANKFORT, KY (FOX19) - Governor Steve Beshear Thursday announced the award of 65 federal and state grants totaling more than $3.5 million to police departments, sheriff’s departments and other criminal justice agencies across the Commonwealth. 

A significant number of the grants are for Northern Kentucky, and can be seen in the web version of this story by clicking on the headline.

“Keeping Kentucky families safe and secure is one of my top priorities,” Gov. Beshear said. “These grants provide critical funding that will allow the agencies to continue performing key functions such as enforcement, prosecution, treatment, prevention and education about drugs and other crimes,”

The grant money will help police officers and criminal justice professionals protect citizens against drunken driving, drugs and other crimes. All grant awards run July 1, 2011 to June 30, 2012.

A total of 41 Byrne/Justice Assistance Grants (JAG) were awarded for 2011.

FLORENCE, KY (FOX19) - The Kentucky State Police will hold testing for its next cadet class at 9:00 am EST on Sept. 9 at Indiana Wesleyan University in Florence, Ky. All application materials must be completed and returned to the KSP Recruitment Branch at 919 Versailles Road, Frankfort, KY, 40601 by Sept. 2. The next cadet class is scheduled to begin in May of 2012.

Interested applicants should visit the KSP website at www.kentuckystate police.org, click on the Career Opportunities, Recruitment Home and How To Become A Kentucky State Trooper links. Information at the site includes an outline of the application process, a list of minimum requirements and disqualifications, a downloadable application form with a list of supporting documents required, a downloadable study guide for the written test and the following list of additional testing dates, times, locations and application deadlines: