Thomas L. Pennycuff ? a man already charged in Sedgwick County with soliciting sex from young teen girls on the Internet ? was arrested Wednesday on nine Cowley County charges.
Pennycuff, 25, of Ark City, was booked into the county jail just after 7:40 p.m. His bond is set at $100,000 and he remained incarcerated Thursday morning, according to a jail spokesperson.
He faces five counts of electronic solicitation of a child, two counts of attempted aggravated indecent liberties with a child, one count of attempted criminal sodomy and a count of furnishing acohol to a minor for illicit purposes.
Two of the five solicitation charges are level 1 felonies, making them the most severe charges that Pennycuff faces, county attorney Chris Smith said.
Pennycuff was arrested last month after agreeing to meet a Wichita detective ? posing online as a teenage girl. He was arrested and charged with one count of Internet solicitation in Sedgwick County.
He has pleaded not guilty to that charge and had been out on bond. Ark City police interviewed approximately 80 area girls said to have chatted with Pennycuff.
This week’s charges stem from evidence gathered and interviews conducted when Pennycuff was first arrested.
