Abingdon sex offender arrested following call from online predator group

Abingdon sex offender arrested following call from online predator group

An Abingdon man was arrested after the Washington County Sheriff's Office received a call from Predator Poachers, an online predator group.

YouTube host famous for finding and exposing pedophiles assists in Abingdon arrest

A YouTube show host with more than 35 million views on his account contacted Washington County, Virginia law enforcement to report a sex offender violating the terms of his probation. A Sheriff’s Office report said that led up to the arrest of Marc Allen Gardner, 34, of Abingdon, after the host of Predator Poachers told investigators Gardner had allegedly communicated online with what he thought to be a 13-year-old girl. According to police, Gar…