New charge added for man accused of child abduction
Published 3:03 pm Friday, September 4, 2020
SALISBURY — Ira Ralph Wilson, 21, was charged Thursday with felony transportation of material showing a minor engaged in sexual activity.
The charge is in addition to charges of felony child abduction and contributing to the delinquency of a minor with which Wilson was charged with on Aug. 3.
According Salisbury Police Department, Wilson traveled from Arizona on a bus to visit a girl he met online. The girl’s parents sent him away when he arrived and later found she had disappeared.
Detectives performed a trace on the girl’s phone and found her in Kannapolis with Wilson, where he was arrested.
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