Sailor charged with trying to entice 14-year-old into sexThe Associated Press
Posted : Wednesday Jan 9, 2008 17:09:57 EST
NAUGATUCK, Conn. — Naugatuck police have arrested a petty officer in the Navy and charged him with trying to set up a sexual encounter with someone he thought was a 14-year-old girl.
Police say Justin Williams, 24, who is stationed in Newport, R.I., has been charged with criminal attempt at risk of injury to a minor, criminal attempt at second-degree sexual assault and use of a computer to entice a minor to engage in sexual activity.
Naugatuck police had help with the investigation from Perverted Justice, a volunteer organization that targets predators.
Naugatuck Lt. Robert Harrison said his department conducted the investigation because an officer there who specializes in such cases made contact with Williams in a chat room.
“He wanted to have a sexual encounter with what he thought was a 14-year-old girl,” Harrison said. “He drove from Rhode Island to Connecticut thinking he was going to meet her.”
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