The Lebanon Police Department has announced the arrest of a Vermont man who was allegedly attempting to victimize children.
According to a press release, the Lebanon Police Cyber Crimes Unit recently launched an investigation into social media provider targeting individuals who “were looking to victimize children.” Officers began a dialogue with a male over social media, who then arrived at a location to meet someone, who he thought was a juvenile, to perform sexual acts.
On January 19th, 2021, he arrived at the location and was apprehended. The man, who has been identified as 30-year-old Nicholi Vines of Bethel, VT, was charged with; Certain Uses of Computer Services Prohibited, Attempted Felonious Sexual Assault, and Attempted Endangering Welfare of a Child. All are classified as Class B Felonies.
Vines was held in preventative detention before being arraigned at the Grafton County Superior Court on Wednesday, January 20th.
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