Post by WaTcHeR on Feb 2, 2007 19:15:28 GMT -5
02.02.2007 -ANDERSON, S.C. -- Police say a former Greenville County sheriff's deputy has been arrested after he thought he was going to have sex with a 12-year-old girl.
Police say James Joseph Matthews of Greer left his two-year-old son home alone when he went to Anderson for what he thought would be a sexual encounter.
Police say Matthews was arrested in Anderson on Wednesday night, where he thought he was going to find a girl he had met on the Internet.
The girl was actually an undercover police officer.
Investigators found the man's son alone, sleeping in his bed.
Matthews is charged with criminal solicitation of a minor, attempted criminal sexual conduct with a minor and illegal neglect of a child.
Matthews had been a deputy for two years when he left the force in 2005.
www.wsbtv.com/news/10911428/detail.html
Police say James Joseph Matthews of Greer left his two-year-old son home alone when he went to Anderson for what he thought would be a sexual encounter.
Police say Matthews was arrested in Anderson on Wednesday night, where he thought he was going to find a girl he had met on the Internet.
The girl was actually an undercover police officer.
Investigators found the man's son alone, sleeping in his bed.
Matthews is charged with criminal solicitation of a minor, attempted criminal sexual conduct with a minor and illegal neglect of a child.
Matthews had been a deputy for two years when he left the force in 2005.
www.wsbtv.com/news/10911428/detail.html