A RALEIGH, NORTH CAROLINA, FIREFIGHTER WITH SIX YEARS on the job was arrested by Guillford County Sheriff’s deputies Thursday and charged with felony counts of Solicitation of a Minor by Computer to Commit an Unlawful Sex Act and Attempted Indecent Liberties with a Minor.

The sheriff’s office says that Richard Brandon Wells, 31, has been under surveillance for several months after he started communicating over the Internet with an undercover officer he thought was a 14-year-old girl.

On Friday the Raleigh FD place him on suspension and he remains in jail under $100,000 bond.

The News & Observer has the STORY.