The Fairfax County Police

The Fairfax County Police
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Monday, August 5, 2013

cop gets bond in sex case


STAUNTON — John C. Nuckolls a taunton cop and one-time school resource officer charged in May with trying to have sex with a fictitious teen girl was given a $10,000 secured bond Monday.
Nuckolls, 55, of Staunton, faces two charges of attempted indecent liberties with a minor and two charges of use of electronic means to solicit sex from a minor following his May 19 arrest.
Authorities arrested Nuckolls after he made plans to see a fictitious 14-year-old girl he met on the Internet, according to a Staunton police report.

Police said Nuckolls was in an Internet chat room when he made contact with a male police officer posing as the girl. The online conversations between Nuckolls and the undercover officer were sexual in nature, police said.