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Nathan Larson of Catlett arrested in Denver on kidnapping, child pornography charges Police describe former candidate for 31st District as ‘white supremacist, advocate for pedophilia’ By Robin Earl

Times Staff Writer

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The Whole Ox, on Main Street in Marshall, exudes plenty of Christmas cheer. For a look at the most festive decorations around the county -- and where to find them -- see pages 12 and 13.

Nathan Daniel Larson, 40, of Catlett, faces felony charges in Fresno County, California, for kidnapping, child abduction, soliciting child pornography from a minor and meeting a child for the intention of sex. He also is charged with a misdemeanor for harboring a minor in Denver, where he was arrested. Larson is currently in the Denver County Jail. He is scheduled to have a court hearing in Denver on Dec. 24, when an extradition request will be made to transport him to the Fresno County Jail. A press release from the Fresno County Sheriff’s Office said that on the morning of Monday, Dec. 14, the Fresno County Sheriff’s Office and Fresno Police Department received a report of a missing 12-year-old Fresno girl. Early in the investigation, detectives received information that the girl may have been coerced into

running away with an older man whom she had met through social media in mid-October. The search warrant affidavit Nathan Larson, on file in Fauquiupon his arrest in Denver, Colorado. er County, dated Dec. 17, reported that Larson had been communicating with the girl “on an online gaming application called Discord, and also on a rape and kidnap website.” According to the search warrant affidavit, a friend of the victim told Fresno detectives that the girl began telling him about Larson about two weeks ago and told him that she was in love with him. On Nov. 22, the affidavit said, Larson sent a message to the victim, “telling her he will kidnap her and for her to communicate with him on the online application KIK.” See LARSON, page 5

Health care workers receive COVID-19 vaccine Fauquier Hospital is currently caring for 16 patients Fauquier Hospital began administering the Pfizer COVID-19 vaccine to its health care workers Dec. 15, according to hospital spokeswoman Sarah Cubbage. Daniel Reno, 50, received his inoculation Thursday afternoon. “I didn’t even feel it,”

he said. “I was talking to someone about photography, about my Sony camera. It was painless. And I haven’t had any issues since.” Reno has been with Fauquier Hospital for only two weeks. He is a cardiovascular technologist, working

with urgent and emergent patients. He said he helped to care for COVID-19 patients frequently in his former job, but hasn’t yet at Fauquier. The coronavirus has touched his life in other ways too. “A boy I graduated with – he is 50 [years old] too – has COVID. He’s been on a vent See VACCINE, page 2

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Stephanie Brownell, a nurse at UVA Medical Center, was inoculated this week with the Pfizer COVID-19 vaccine.

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