CAROLINE COUNTY, Va. (WRIC) — A 45-year-old Caroline County man has been charged with offering money to a minor under 16 for prostitution after authorities executed two search warrants. Ta.
According to the Caroline County Sheriff’s Office.Darian Pleasants, who lives in the Ruther Glen area of the county, was charged with “felony offering money to a minor under the age of 16 to engage in prostitution and possess a firearm as a convicted felon.” .
Pleasant is a registered sex offender and is currently being held without bail at Pamunkey Regional Jail, officials said.
Through a series of search warrants online and on messaging apps, Sheriff’s Office investigators reportedly obtained copies of conversations that allegedly took place between Pleasants and a boy who claimed to be under the age of 16. That’s what it means.
Using information found through the search warrants, the Sheriff’s Office obtained search warrants for two homes in Caroline County. When these were delivered, investigators allegedly found Pleasants in possession of a device believed to have been used to communicate with the juvenile victim in this case.
Investigators also found a handgun believed to belong to Pleasants in the safe.
