Waynesboro man, already on state registry, facing multiple child porn charges

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Waynesboro man, already on state registry, facing multiple child porn charges

WAYNESBORO – Authorities arrested a convicted sex offender last week after receiving a cyber tip from the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children concerning alleged child porn, Waynesboro police said Wednesday.

Robert O. Lafferty Jr., 37, of Waynesboro, is facing 11 charges of possession of child ************, second or subsequent offense, court records show.

In 2006, Lafferty was convicted on multiple charges in Augusta County and listed on the state’s sex offender registry.

On Friday, Jan. 31, detectives from the Waynesboro Police Department executed a search warrant at Lafferty’s residence in the 1800 block of Monticello Street. Results of the search led to his latest arrest, police said.

He is being held without bond at Middle River Regional Jail in Verona.

When Lafferty was 18, a tip from a family member in 2006 resulted in his arrest, according to a News Leader article from that same year. Weeks after turning 19, he was convicted in Augusta County Circuit Court on 13 charges of possessing ********* explicit material, six charges of distributing ********* explicit material, and one charge of possessing child porn, court records show.

Lafferty has been on the Virginia State Police Registry for sex offenders since 2007, online records show.

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