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Missing 12-Year-Old North Carolina Girl Found with Registered Sex Offender After Ohio Crash
Investigators say 45-year-old Virgil E. Larson Jr. lured the girl through social media and faces kidnapping and resisting arrest charges.
- Early Sunday, a single-vehicle crash on Route 33 in Hocking County led deputies to rescue a missing 12-year-old girl from North Carolina and arrest the driver, 45-year-old Virgil E. Larson Jr., a registered sex offender.
- Hocking County Sheriff Lanny E. North said investigators believe Larson lured the victim through a fake social media scenario, portraying himself as a boy her age to convince her to leave North Carolina.
- Larson, a registered sex offender in Ohio, faces charges of kidnapping, a first-degree felony, and resisting arrest, a second-degree misdemeanor. His bond was set at $1 million for kidnapping and $10,000 for resisting arrest.
- Following the investigation, Larson was booked into the Southeast Ohio Regional Jail. The Hocking County Sheriff's Office is coordinating with law enforcement in Athens County, Stokes County, and the FBI to continue the investigation.
- Larson is set to appear in court for a preliminary hearing on April 15. Officials encourage those needing help with human trafficking to contact the National Human Trafficking Hotline at 1-888-373-7888 or text HELP or INFO to BeFree .
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Missing North Carolina girl found with sex offender after Hocking County crash
LOGAN, Ohio (WCMH) -- A missing 12-year-old from North Carolina was found with a registered sex offender after a crash in Hocking County. Deputies were called to a single-vehicle crash Sunday morning along U.S. 33. The driver was identified as Virgil E. Larson, Jr., 45, who is a registered sex offender in Fairfield County. A [...]
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