Greene County Man Behind Bars After Attempt to exchange Tobacco for Sex with a Minor

A Greene County man is behind bars after he allegedly picked up a 17-year-old boy for the purpose of sex for tobacco.

50-year-old Robert Andrew Thomas of the 300 block of Mount Hebron Road is accused of messaging the boy online and making arrangements to pick him up at the Free Will Baptist group home.

Thomas then planned on taking him home and performing unlawful acts in exchange for the tobacco product.

Thomas was apprehended on the way back to his house with the boy. He is charged with contributing to the delinquency of a minor.