On December 7, 2022, 30-year-old Shawn William Wood of Westville made contact on Facebook with a covert account operated by an investigator with the Holmes County Sheriff’s Office.
At the time, Wood believed the account belonged to a 15-year-old female.
During the course of the conversation, Wood proposed plans to meet for the purpose of having sex, again believing that he was talking to a 15-year-old child.
On December 8th, investigators were in view of the pre-determined location agreed to during the conversation when they observed Wood arrive at the location in a vehicle he described previously.
Shawn Wood was arrested and charged with obscene communication – using a computer to seduce solicit, or lure a child or person believed to be a child; traveling to meet a minor for sex; and unlawful use of a two-way communications device.
Wood also had an active warrant out of Putnam County for failure to register as a sex offender.
