Frederick County Sheriff's Office

News Release

Date: 

October 25, 2010

Frederick County, Virginia- Investigators with the Frederick County Sheriff’s Office, Criminal Investigations- Internet Crimes Against Children (ICAC) Unit have charged 43-year-old Robert Edwin Huff of the 400-block of Surrey Club Lane, Stephens City, Virginia with Attempted Indecent Liberties with a Minor and Use of a Computer to Solicit Sexual Activity with a Minor.

This investigation stemmed from a sexually explicit online chat that the suspect initiated with an undercover Frederick County Sheriff’s Office Investigator working through the NOVA-DC Internet Crimes Against Children (ICAC) Task Force and the U.S. Secret Service Electronic Crimes Task Force.  Huff made contact with an individual that he believed to be a 14-year-old female to engage in a sexual encounter in the Stephens City area.  

On October 22, 2010, Investigators with the Sheriff’s Office arrested Huff after he arrived at a predetermined location in Stephens City.  Huff traveled by vehicle to the location to meet what he believed to be the 14-year-old female.

Huff was transported to the Northwestern Regional Jail where he was held without bond, pending a bond hearing.

The preliminary hearing was set for November 8, 2010 at 9:00 a.m. in Frederick County, Juvenile and Domestic Relations Court.

Investigators are investigating whether Huff had any inappropriate contact with other children.  Anyone with information about Huff that may be pertinent to this case is asked to contact the Frederick County Sheriff’s Office, Internet Crimes Against Children Unit at: 540-504-6529.