Ewing Man Arrested for Attempted Statutory Rape

A Ewing man faces two counts of attempted statutory rape in the second degree following his arrest Sunday.
Lewis County Sheriff David Parrish says 42 year old Jesse Huckaby was arrested after the Sheriff’s Department received information Saturday that an adult male was sending lewd photographs to two juvenile females. Deputies then posed as the juvenile females via text messaging or social media. Huckaby drove to a cemetery where he thought he was meeting the juvenile females for sexual relations. Deputies then took Huckaby into custody. Jesse Huckaby is held on 50-thousand dollars cash only bond. He also faces a methamphetamine possession charge.