PUTNAM COUNTY, W.Va. –A Texas man who was accused of sexually grooming a teenager from Putnam County has now been charged.

According to West Virginia State Police, Seth Boland, of Detroit, TX, has been charged with possession of child pornography and solicitation of a minor.

The charges come after state police say thousands of explicit messages were exchanged on digital platforms.

WVSP’s news release stated a report was filed to State Police back in May claiming an unknown man was using Discord and Snapchat to communicate with a 16-year-old Hurricane girl. Boland allegedly groomed the girl since she was 13.

Police said a search of Boland’s accounts revealed “thousands of sexually explicit images and videos of the victim and suspect”

They also discovered another girl, a 14-year-old fro

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