Multiple Arrests for Online Solicitation of Minor

LONGVIEW — An arrest this week for online solicitation of a minor is the latest in a series of such arrests by Longview police. A Diana man remains in the Gregg County Jail on charges of online solicitation of a minor and unlawful carry of a weapon. Longview police arrested Gregg Lee Haden, 36, at the intersection of Alpine and Page roads at 11:00 Tuesday morning. Authorities say, on Monday and Tuesday, Haden reportedly sent text messages to who he believed was a 14-year-old minor to meet for sex. When Haden arrived to meet the minor at the location, he was instead met by officers. Haden posted $21,000 bond and was released Wednesday from the Gregg County Jail. Jail records showed that he has an alias, Gregg Lee Mathison.

Earlier, a Spring man was arrested by Harris County sheriff�s deputies after Longview investigators posed as a 14-year-old female. Longview police said Bryan Dudley sent sexually explicit images of himself to someone he thought was a young girl. Stephen Wayne Perritte, 66, of Henderson, is out of jail on $20,000 bond after his May 25 arrest in Longview for online solicitation of a minor. Meanwhile, Charles Abner Richey Jr., 62, of Christianburg, Va., remains in the Gregg County Jail on $200,000 bond and a U.S. Marshal�s detainer following his May 5 online solicitation arrest.