Spotsylvania County, Virginia firefighter charged with statutory rape of 13-year-old. Sheriff says Justin Baber met girl in Chancellor VFD response vehicle.
A volunteer firefighter is being charged with rape after police responded to a sex offense involving a 13-year-old girl.
Spotsylvania police say Justin Baber, a 23-year-old volunteer with the Chancellor Volunteer Fire Department, met the girl in the department's response vehicle after a series of text messages.
Police met with the parents of the female, who advised them that Baber received a text message by accident when the girl thought she was sending a text to female friend.
When the girl sent a message saying, "I don't think I know you," Baber continued the messaging and asked the girl if she lived in Spotsylvania.
Eventually, he asked if she could sneak out and meet him if he came to her residential subdivision, police say.
The girl told a counselor that she met the suspect, who was driving a white police-type vehicle with radios in it.
After the girl detailed the incident to Detective Ed Lunsford, deputies identified the vehicle the girl described as the response vehicle for the Chancellor Volunteer Fire Department.
Baber was picked up, arrested, and charged with statutory rape and soliciting over the internet. He is being held without bond at the regional jail.
