MERCER CO., W.Va. (WVVA) - Today, Jimmy D. Lawrence, a 44 year old resident of Princeton and registered sex offender, was arrested by the Mercer County Sheriff's Department and the US Marshal Service Fugitive Task Force.

The arrest is the result of warrants obtained by Detective-Sergeant S. A. Sommers for 1st Degree Sexual Abuse of a child under the age of twelve (12).

This is an ongoing investigation conducted by the Mercer County Sheriff's Department Criminal Investigation Bureau and the Mercer County Prosecuting Attorney's Office Crimes Against Children Unit.

Due to the nature of the crime, no other information will be provided at this time and all defendants are presumed innocent unless proven guilty in a court of law.

