Registered Chambers County sex offender arrested after traveling to meet child for sex
A registered Chambers County sex offender was arrested in northeast Alabama after he traveled to meet a child for sexual activity and assault.
Fort Payne authorities arrested Joseph Michael Holmes, 38, of LaFayette, AL, after evidence obtained showed that he had been communicating with a victim online and traveled 137-plus miles from LaFayette to Fort Payne to meet the victim more than once.
Holmes was arrested and charged with two counts of traveling to meet a child for an unlawful sex act, two counts of rape in the second degree, and two counts of sodomy in the second degree.
Holmes was brought before a district court in Dekalb County, Alabama, where he was given a $250,000 bond and placed into the county jail, according to police. According to jail website, he is being held without bond.
Holmes is a registered sex offender in Chambers County for prior rape and sodomy crimes against children.
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