FRESNO COUNTY, Calif. — Fauquier County resident Nathan Larson was arrested at Denver International Airport for harboring a minor. He also faces multiple sex crime charges and an abduction charge that involves a 12-year-old girl he was found with who is from Fresno County, California, according to police.
40-year-old Larson faces charges for kidnapping, child abduction, soliciting child pornography from a minor and meeting a child for the intention of sex, said Fresno County police in a statement to WUSA9.
Larson was arrested in Denver during a flight layover after California state authorities were made aware that he and the 12-year-old girl were on a plane headed for Washington DC, said Fresno County police.
Police believe the 12-year-old girl was coerced by Larson to run away and join him in Virginia after they met each other on a social media app in October.
An accountant in his professional life, Larson ran for a state delegate seat in Prince William County in 2017 after he spent 16 months in prison for threatening to kill former President Barack Obama.
Larson also ran as an "unofficial" candidate for Virginia's 10th Congressional District and worked at the time in 2018 to get his name on the ballot.
In an interview with WUSA9 in 2018, Larson said he had a daughter from his previous marriage, but lost custody of her. He said he never had sex with his daughter but wanted to.
Larson also said in his 2018 interview with WUSA9 that wives should not be allowed to accuse their husbands of rape.
Larson is scheduled to have a court hearing in Denver on December 24th. During this time, an extradition request will be made to transport Larson to the Fresno County Jail, said Fresno County police.
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