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Charlottesville Man Who Drove to Meet Front Royal 'Teen' Sentenced to 40 Years

Subject must serve at least 15 of those years

Tracy Leicher
Feb 26, 2025
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(RSW Regional Jail)

RICHMOND, Va. — A Charlottesville man has been sentenced to 15 years of “active incarceration” for crimes related to child pornography.

In November 2022, Avery Wood began soliciting a girl, whom he believed to be a 13-years-old, for sexually explicit material. The “girl” was actually a detective with the Front Royal Police Department, who was conducting an undercover operation.

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