LOWER PROVIDENCE, PA — A Pennsylvania man tried to meet who he thought was a 12-year-old girl for paid sex in Lower Providence, according to the Pennsylvania Attorney General’s Office.
Tod Bennet Carr, 61, of Downingtown, has been sentenced to 2.5 to 7 years in prison, court documents state.
Carr offered to pay $100 to an undercover agent in an online forum back in Jan. 2023, the Times Herald first reported.
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The website Carr used is a known site for adult prostitution, police said.
Carr acknowledged that the “child” he was going to meet was only 12, and he communicated with the undercover officer through a fake social media profile of a child clearly proving her age, according to media reports.
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Carr has also been sentenced to 10 years probation and must register as a sex offender.
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