SPARTANBURG COUNTY, S.C. (FOX Carolina) - The Woodruff Police Department arrested a man for child sex abuse on Monday.

According to arrest records, 38-year-old Joshua Alan Payne was charged with first-degree criminal sexual conduct with a minor under the age of 11.

According to the Office of the Attorney General, Payne was previously arrested on Aug. 27, 2011 in an internet predator case investigated by the Laurens County Sheriff’s Office. He was charged with criminal solicitation of a minor and seven counts of dissemination of obscene material to a minor.

Arrest warrants alleged that beginning Aug. 12, 2011, Payne solicited sex on the internet from someone he believed to be the 12-year-old daughter of a recent co-worker. Payne emailed the girl nude photos of himself and links to pornog

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