WAYNESBORO — Police responded to a disturbance in Ridgeview Park on Friday, resulting in the arrest of a Waynesboro man on numerous sex charges.
The Waynesboro Police Department said officers were sent to the park, located in the 700 block of Magnolia Avenue, for the disturbance, where they found Michael A. Cooper, 62.
Authorities said Cooper is alleged to have been soliciting minors, “which led to confirming Cooper’s reported purpose for being at the park,” according to a press release.
He is charged with use of a communication system to solicit a minor, soliciting prostitution from a child, soliciting a child, along with two charges of use of a computer to commit sex offenses with a child, police said.
Arrested July 5, Cooper is being held without bond at Middle River Regional Jail in Verona.
More: New Shelburne band director; Open houses Augusta County middle schools; new Riverheads golf coach
More: Emmy winners: Staunton film studio wins award for farming episode of ‘Life in the Heart Land’
More: Woman accused of sexually assaulting young boy in Augusta County
Brad Zinn is the cops, courts and breaking news reporter at The News Leader. Have a news tip? Or something that needs investigating? You can email reporter Brad Zinn (he/him) at bzinn@newsleader.com. You can also follow him on X (formerly Twitter).
This article originally appeared on Staunton News Leader: Man arrested in Waynesboro’s Ridgeview Park on sex charges
EMEA Tribune is not involved in this news article, it is taken from our partners and or from the News Agencies. Copyright and Credit go to the News Agencies, email news@emeatribune.com Follow our WhatsApp verified Channel
