VIOLA, Ark. (KTHV) - A Viola man is under arrest for allegedly soliciting sex online from who he thought was a woman and her two young children.
There are members of the Faulkner County Sheriff's Office whose main job duties are targeting online solicitation of underage children for sex and Child Pornography.
One of those investigators started an online investigation with the man two and half weeks ago.
After some correspondence, he wanted to meet for sex with the investigator posing as a woman and for sex with her 10-year-old daughter and 8-year-old son.
The investigator met with Lester Lee Hendrix, 61, on Sept. 6 and after a 30 minute conversation, he was arrested.
The Sheriff's Office seized a computer and accessories inside his vehicle. He is charged with internet stalking of a child, a class B felony.