Pastor arrested on charges of solicitation
RANDLEMAN — A High Point pastor faces misdemeanor charges after being accused of soliciting sex online.
Randleman police said they arrested Otis Durham outside the Wal-Mart here at 10 a.m. Tuesday. Durham, 55, is pastor of the Sandy Ridge United Methodist Church in High Point. He was charged with solicitation of prostitution and solicitation of crimes against nature and is free on a $1,000 bond.
Det. R.K. Hardy said today that a Randleman woman contacted police Friday after getting an unwanted sexual solicitation online. Hardy said he posed online as the woman and arranged for a time and place to meet the suspect, who called himself "Jim" online. Durham was arrested when he appeared in the parking lot Tuesday morning.
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