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DAYTON MAN CHARGED, ACCUSED OF ATTEMPTING TO SOLICIT SEX FROM A MINOR

DAYTON MAN CHARGED, ACCUSED OF ATTEMPTING TO SOLICIT SEX FROM A MINOR

DAYTON – Working alongside investigators from the Frederick County (MD) Sheriff’s Office, Special Agents from the Tennessee Bureau of Investigation have obtained indictments for a Rhea County man accused of attempting to solicit sex from a minor online.

 

TBI Agents received information about Victor Ryan Welch (DOB: 11-12-90) from authorities in Maryland last summer. There, a Frederick County detective in the department’s Internet Crimes Against Children (ICAC) unit, posed as a 13-year-old online and Welch engaged in a prolonged chat to solicit sex.

 

On Monday, the Rhea County Grand Jury returned indictments, charging Welch with six counts of Soliciting Sexual Exploitation of a Minor by Electronic Means and two counts of Solicitation of a Minor - Aggravated Statutory Rape. On Tuesday night, Welch turned himself in to authorities in Rhea County, where he was booked at the county jail on $7,500 bond.

 

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Josh DeVine | Communications Director

Tennessee Bureau of Investigation

901 R.S. Gass Boulevard

Nashville, TN 37216

OFFICE: (615) 744-4295

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