Longview Man Arrested on Solicitation Charge
Posted/updated on: September 21, 2012 at 2:31 am
LONGVIEW – A man charged with online solicitation of a minor has been arrested by Longview police. Taken into custody following a month-long cyber sting was Christopher Mark Rutherford, 38. Police said Rutherford sent “sexually explicit” emails and text messages to a person he thought was a 14 year old child. The texting started August 22. He was arrested when he arrived at a Longview home on Tuesday. He was booked into the Gregg County Jail under a $100,000 bond.
