Stolen Phone Leads To Fayetteville Man's Child Porn Charge

Scott Sholds
Scott Sholds

— Police arrested a man Wednesday suspected of having sex with a child and keeping a video of the incident on a cellphone.

Scott Sholds, 31, of 401-11B Lewis Ave. was arrested Wednesday in connection with distributing, possessing or viewing child pornography, computer exploitation of a child and rape. He was being held in the Washington County Detention Center without bond.

Police found the video after a man reported his cellphone was stolen, according to the preliminary arrest report. An officer found Sholds had the phone and returned it to the caller.

Later the caller reported finding a video of an adult man having sex with a "very young girl," according to the report.

A detective found Sholds had been living at the victim's home for more than a week and was the only male there at the time of the assault, according to the report. The detective also found Sholds' appearance and voice seemed to match the man in the video.

NW News on 04/17/2014

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