Deputies: Man knowingly traveled to meet juvenile

Charles James Morris, 58, charged with 2 counts of luring child

PUTNAM COUNTY, Fla. – A 58-year-old man has been arrested after a month-long undercover investigation.

The Putnam County Sheriff's Office said detectives created a fictitious Facebook page specifically to capture criminals. Deputies said Charles James Morris initiated a conversation with an undercover cop posting as a young teenage girl and solicited sex.

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After the officer told Morris that she was under 18, Morris acknowledged the age and still agreed to meet at a location away from his home.

Morris was captured and arrested just before he met the undercover officer.

Morris is charged with two counts of enticing or luring a child and two counts of traveling to meet after using a computer to lure a child. He is being held at the Putnam County Jail, where he is not being granted bail.


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