Of porn, phones and pickles

A Chico man was arrested Sept. 19 on charges of violation of parole and six days later charged with possession of child pornography. According to a press release from the Chico Police Department, Joshua Klipp, 31, took his iPhone to a local computer store where an employee allegedly discovered more than 200 photos “of deplorable pornographic nature” involving children between the ages of 3 and 17.

Police were called, and Klipp (pictured), who had been arrested for a parole violation six days earlier, received the additional charges and remains in the Butte County Jail.

Klipp, who was convicted of having sex with a minor in 2008, was once employed as the pickle-suited mascot for now-defunct Mr. Pickle’s Sandwich Shop in downtown Chico. He also wrote a song called “If God Wrote a Country Song,” recorded by country musician Rich McCready, and charting at No. 1 on the October 2008 Christian Country Top-20 chart of Power Source Magazine.