Radio station owner indicted

By DAN KEGLEY/Staff

A Smyth County radio station owner was indicted Dec. 11 on child pornography and child solicitation charges.
Jeffrey L. Raynor, owner and operator of WXMY radio station on Valley Road between Saltville and Chilhowie, was charged with using a computer to solicit minors and possession of child pornography.
The 45-year-old Glade Spring man was arrested in July after Smyth County investigator Doug Henderlite received information about an Internet child predator sting conducted by police in Keene, N.H.
Investigator James McLaughlin of the Keene Police Department said Raynor’s arrest was part of his department’s ongoing investigation and arrests related to Internet crimes against children.
“We don’t use the words child predator, but we’ve been operating since 1996 on different parts of the Internet,” McLaughlin said. “To date there have been 630 arrests in all 50 states and several foreign countries.”
If convicted on the current charges, Raynor could face a 35-year sentence.