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Airline manager linked to 9/11 pleads not guilty in sex case

Fifty-five-year-old Ray Wickliffe Howland, of Arlington, Texas, waived his appearance before a federal magistrate Monday and pleaded not guilty through his attorney.

Howland was arrested in June on charges he used the Internet to arrange a sexual encounter with a woman and a 10-year-old girl. Federal authorities took over the case and an indictment returned last month was unsealed Monday.

Airline manager linked to 9/11 drama faces fed arraignment

Fifty-five-year-old Ray Wickliffe Howland, of Arlington, Texas, is scheduled to appear before a federal magistrate Monday. Federal records are still sealed, but they stem from his arrest in June near Pittsburgh International Airport.

That's when the Pennsylvania attorney general's office charged Howland with arranging a sexual encounter with a woman and a 10-year-old girl. Howland allegedly posted online that he was "looking for a family or a couple of girls" for sex while in town on business.