HAYWOOD COUNTY, N.C. (FOX Carolina) - The Waynesville Police Department said a man turned himself in for multiple crimes this week.

Officials said Stephen Edward Speed was indicted by a grand jury on the following charges:

Five counts of disseminating obscenity

Two counts of third-degree sexual exploitation of a minor

Extortion

Intimidating a witness

Possession of firearm by person subject to domestic violence order

Three counts of second-degree forcible sexual offense

Assault by strangulation

Speed is currently being held on a $500,000 bond.

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