A 35-year-old store manager in Philippi, West Virginia, has just been charged with soliciting a minor. Jeffrey Malcolm was taken into custody following an incident at a local Dollar General that involved him allegedly locking a juvenile girl inside the store and making inappropriate comments after offering them a manager discount.
According to WBOY, deputies with the Barbour County Sheriff’s Department were dispatched to the store on September 12 after receiving a report of the incident. The responding officers were met by the complainant, the girl’s mother, who alleged that the girl “had been locked inside” by “one of the store managers,” identified as Malcolm. The mother further alleged that Malcolm had made “inappropriate comments” to the girl before the doors were secured.
