BY SCOTT WISE
CUMBERLAND COUNTY, Va. – Two
teenage girls were victimized by a Virginia man who filmed or took pictures of
them in sexual situations, according to Virginia State Police.
Francis D. Marrin Jr., 42, of
Cumberland, Virginia, was arrested Thursday after a grand jury indicted him on
33 felony counts.
“In April 2014, Virginia State
Police Special Agent K.R. George initiated an investigation into allegations of
child pornography and sexual assault involving Marrin and a 16-year-old
female,” Virginia State Police wrote in a statement. “During the course of the
investigation, a second female teenage victim was discovered and identified.”
Marrin was indicted on charges
of:
Production and possession of
child pornography
Unlawful filming of another
(minor)
Aggravated sexual battery
Marrin, who lived in
Cumberland, was never employed by the Cumberland County Sheriff’s Office,
according to Cumberland Sheriff Darrell Hodges.
“[He] was a former police
officer employed by another jurisdiction outside of Cumberland County,” Hodges
said.
State Police called its
investigation into Marrin “ongoing.” He is being held without bond at Piedmont
Regional Jail in Farmville.
