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Published: 2013-01-28 11:24:00
Updated: 2013-01-28 17:50:12

Posted: January 28

Man charged with molesting Cumberland youth

Christopher Griffith, Cumberland molestation

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Fayetteville, N.C. — Cumberland County Sheriff’s Office detectives and agents with the National Park Service have arrested a student of the Oconoluftee Job Corps in Cherokee on molestation charges, authorities said Monday.

Christopher Griffith, 19, was taken into custody Friday on two counts of taking indecent liberties with a minor and one count each of first-degree statutory rape and first-degree statutory sex offense. He was being held in the Swain County jail pending extradition to Cumberland County.

An investigation began after the Cumberland County Sheriff's Office received a report that Griffith had met a juvenile online via Facebook and arranged to meet in person in Cumberland County, where authorities said the alleged crimes occurred.

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This 19 year old drove 7 hours from Cherokee to Spring Lake to have sex with a 12 year old girl according to the story in the Fayetteville Observer.
Click to view my profile Glass Half Full
January 29, 2013 10:24 a.m.
Just curious...where does it say it was a female? All I have read so far indicates a minor. The charge of first-degree statutory rape indicates that he had sex with a minor under 13 years old. The police will be able to learn alot by the communications between the minor and the accused on their FB accounts. It is a shame that another young person has been a victim of a crime that will change their life forever.
CraftyMo
January 28, 2013 7:12 p.m.
I agree with marciamal1!
Click to view my profile lwe1967
January 28, 2013 6:13 p.m.
He's 19 and yes what is the age of the girl? Now's he will have to register if convicted as a sex offender! Still a lot of not thinking with the mind as opposed to other things!
Click to view my profile lwe1967
January 28, 2013 6:11 p.m.
What age was the girl? What claims did she make?
LibertarianTechie
January 28, 2013 4:40 p.m.
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