Crime & Safety
MA Man Charged In Rhode Island With Indecent Solicitation of a Child: Cops
He was arrested by the Computer Crimes Unit/Internet Crimes Against Children Task Force.
A Massachusetts man was charged with the indecent solicitation of a child, police said.
William Scherer, 63, was arrested Oct. 23 by the Rhode Island State Police Computer Crimes Unit/Internet Crimes Against Children Task Force, the state police said in a media release.
Scherer, a resident of Bellingham, was processed at the Wickford Barracks, arraigned and released with a court date, according to police.
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