Staunton: Several arrests in online solicitation sting

The Staunton Police Department recently conducted a task force investigating the online solicitation of minors. The Staunton Police Department is a member agency of the Southern Virginia Internet Crimes Against Children Task Force.

The following individuals were arrested on the following charges:

• Brandon Lee Acord, 22, of Churchville
  Two counts of Online Solicitation of a Minor under 15 (Code of VA Section 18.2-374.3) One count of Attempted Indecent Liberties with a Minor (Code of VA Section 18.2-26/18.2-370)
• Ricky Darrell Beard, 51, of Waynesboro
  Five counts of Online Solicitation of a Minor under 15 (Code of VA Section 18.2-374.3) One Count of Attempted Indecent Liberties with a Minor (Code of VA Section 18.2-26/18.2-370)
• Wannie Wayne Buzzard, 39, of Timberville
  Two counts of Online Solicitation of a Minor under 15 (Code of VA Section 18.2-374.3) One count of Attempted Indecent Liberties with a Minor (Code of VA Section 18.2-26/18.2-370)
• Roy Edwin Cave, 79, of Harrisonburg
  Two counts of Online Solicitation of a Minor under 15 (Code of VA Section 18.2-374.3) One count of Attempted Indecent Liberties with a Minor (Code of VA Section 18.2-26/18.2-370)
• David Gray Jordan Jr, 50, of Charlottesville
  Five counts of Online Solicitation of a Minor under 15 (Code of VA Section 18.2-374.3) One count of Attempted Indecent Liberties with a Minor (Code of VA Section 18.2-26/18.2-370)
• Joseph Garvis Mabe, 37, of Lynchburg
  Three counts of Online Solicitation of a Minor under 15 (Code of VA Section 18.2-374.3) One count of Attempted Indecent Liberties with a Minor (Code of VA Section 18.2-26/18.2-370)
• Gabriel Diaz-Rosero, 31, of Crofton, Md.
  Six counts of Online Solicitation of a Minor under 15 (Code of VA Section 18.2-374.3) One count of Attempted Indecent Liberties with a Minor (Code of VA Section 18.2-26/18.2-370)
• Jerson Alexander Orellanna, 19, of Charlottesville
  One count of Online Solicitation of a Minor under 15 (Code of VA Section 18.2-374.3) One count of Attempted Indecent Liberties with a Minor (Code of VA Section 18.2-26/18.2-370)
• Jerry Ray Plaugher, 40, of Mount Crawford
  Nine counts of Online Solicitation of a Minor under 15 (Code of VA Section 18.2-374.3) One count of Attempted Indecent Liberties with a Minor (Code of VA Section 18.2-26/18.2-370) One count of Impersonating a Firefighter (Code of VA Section 18.2-174.1)