Camp Lejeune is responding after an active duty Marine was arrested for allegedly traveling from North Carolina to Indiana to meet, kidnap, and sexually assault a 12-year-old girl.

The FBI says 24-year-old William Richard Roy flew to Chicago on October 24, 2025. The following day, he took an Uber to Hammond, IL where he met the child at a park. The two then traveled by Uber back to Chicago, stayed overnight at a hotel, and later boarded a Greyhound bus bound for Durham. When the bus arrived in Durham on October 26, agents took Roy into custody and safely recovered the child.

He faces charges of:

•Enticement of a Minor to Travel for Illicit Sexual Activity

•Transportation of a Minor to Engage in Illicit Sexual Activity

•Interstate Travel with Intent to Engage in a Sexual Act with a Min

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