Solicitor Charged for Indecent Liberties with a Child

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News Release: 10/228/0226/sb/(6)
August 17, 2010

Solicitor Charged for Indecent Liberties with a Child

Franconia Police District - A 26-year-old man was apprehended yesterday after he reportedly sexually assaulted a teenager left home alone. Police were called to a home on Plaskett Forest Lane at 3:30 p.m. on Monday, August 16. They determined a 14-year-old girl was home alone when she answered a knock at her front door. She was met by a man selling cleaning products. He entered the house and asked to use the bathroom. Upon exiting the bathroom, he allegedly sexually assaulted her.

Numerous patrol officers, detectives, K9 teams and the helicopter saturated the area. Residents in the community provided police detailed information on a group of solicitors in the neighborhood selling carpet cleaning products. Around 10 p.m. a vehicle fitting the descriptions given by residents was stopped in the area. Officers identified one the nine occupants as the suspect.

Tommy Lee Harmon of Greensboro, North Carolina, was charged with one count of taking indecent liberties with a minor. The investigation is ongoing and further charges are possible. Harmon was part of a group of solicitors with Pumppers Trust – Mrs. Clean Pump-it-Off Company, based out of South Carolina.

Anyone with information is asked to contact Crime Solvers by phone at 1-866-411-TIPS/8477, e-mail at www.fairfaxcrimesolvers.org or text “TIP187” plus your message to CRIMES/274637 or call Fairfax County Police at 703-691-2131.

Fairfax County requires that all peddlers and solicitors be licensed before they solicit door to door. The Fairfax County Department of Cable and Consumer Services has information about door-to-door solicitations and licensing requirements online.

Tommy Harmon