$500,000 bond set in alleged child enticement

Published 5:35 pm Thursday, October 8, 2009

Bond has been set at $500,000 for a 60-year-old man arrested after he allegedly tried to talk a 10-year-old girl into getting into his van.

Dennis Watson Sr., was booked with with attempted enticement of a minor. Hattiesburg Municipal Judge George Schmidt set the bond Wednesday. Watson was being held in the Forrest County Jail.

Police said the girl was not harmed in the incident which happened Monday afternoon.

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