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Franklin County man charged with soliciting child for sex

An Franklin County man was charged with soliciting a child for sex acts on Monday, authorities said.

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Randall Keith Epperson
KERNERSVILLE, N.C. — An Franklin County man was charged with soliciting a child for sex acts on Monday, authorities said.

The Alamance County Sheriff’s Office said Randall Keith Epperson, 65, of Kernersville, contacted an undercover officer and solicited sex acts with a minor.

Epperson and the undercover officer, posing as a human trafficker, met at a Kernersville restaurant and further discussed the sex acts.

Epperson was charged with soliciting a child and spreading obscenity.

He was held in the Alamance County jail under $40,000 bond.

The Kernersville Police Department and Forsyth County Sheriff’s Office assisted in the investigation.

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