Moneta man arrested on child sex charges

A Bedford County man was arrested Thursday on multiple sex charges involving children, the Bedford County Sheriff’s Office said Thursday.

Officials said Steven Wayne Hart, 49, of Moneta, was charged with two felony counts of taking indecent liberties with a child and one count of attempted production of child pornography, also a felony.

The charges resulted from an investigation by the Bedford County Sheriff’s Office, the Southern Virginia Internet Crimes Against Children Unit and Bedford Child Protective Services after they received a complaint that Hart was exposing himself to a juvenile, officials said.

Hart was arrested without incident, officials said, and is being held in the Blue Ridge Regional Jail in Bedford without bond.