RALEIGH, N.C. — A North Carolina state employee of nearly three decades is facing felony charges.
Harlan Frye, 62, who served as human resources director for the North Carolina Department of Revenue, is no longer employed by the agency as of June 10, WRAL Investigates learned.
Frye was arrested June 9 in Long Beach, California, on a felony charge of "arranging a meeting with a child for lewd purposes." The arrest was caught on video and posted on YouTube.
According to the Long Beach Police Department, a preliminary investigation indicates Frye arranged a meeting with a minor for lewd purposes. The "minor" was a cyber vigilante who was working undercover but was not employed by any law enforcement agency, and he called the police during the meeting.
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