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Choreographer Shane Sparks Arrested

"So You Think You Can Dance" choreographer and "America's Best Dance Crew" judge Shane Sparks was arrested on charges of child molestation, TMZ.com reports.

Sparks was caught on videotape by Los Angeles' Fox 11 news channel as he was being taken into custody by police on Friday morning.

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The criminal complaint, filed by the Los Angeles County District Attorney's office, charges Sparks with eight incidents of alleged molestation with an underage girl.

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TMZ states that the lewd acts in the report include "oral copulation" and other acts "with the intent of arousing, appealing to, and gratifying the lust, passions, and sexual desires of the defendant, who was at least 10 years older than [the victim]."

Sparks is being held on $590,000 bail, according to the report.

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