WASHINGTON COUNTY, Virginia — A Mount Carmel man who traveled to Virginia believing he would meet a juvenile and take them to Tennessee for sexual acts has been charged with attempted abduction, according to authorities.

Richard M. Holtzclaw, 51, was taken into custody without incident, according to the Washington County Sheriff's Office in Virginia on Thursday.

Deputies said Holtzclaw was in possession of a Schedule II controlled substance and that he was wanted in Hawkins County.

Holtzclaw was charged with:

40 counts of taking indecent liberties with children

1 count of attempted abduction and kidnapping

2 counts possession, reproduction, distribution, solicitation, and facilitation of child pornography

1 count of use of communications systems to facilitate certain offenses involv

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