Crime & Safety
Child Sex Predator Nabbed in Sting in Stafford: Police
The suspect thought he'd been using the Internet to communicate with a 14-year-old girl, but it was a Stafford County Sheriff's Office cop.
STAFFORD, VA — A man who thought he was using the Internet to communicate in a sexual matter with a 14-year-old girl but instead was communicating with a police detective was arrested Thursday, according to the Stafford County Sheriff's Office.
Charles Alfred Neff, 57, of Broad Run, was charged with two counts of each attempted indecent liberties with a juvenile and use of an electronic communication device to solicit a juvenile.
He's being held without bond.
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In mid-November, while running a covert investigation on an Internet social website, a detective (rather, his 14-year-old persona) was contacted by Neff, who initiated conversations sexual in nature.
A meeting was arranged, and on Dec. 8, a search was conducted of Neff's home, where he was then arrested.
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