Man Accused Of Trying To Meet Underage Girl In Greenwich: Police

GREENWICH, CT — Following a multi-week undercover operation by the Greenwich Police Department, police said a 31-year-old New York City man was arrested Monday after he came to town to meet an underage girl.

John Richard Constant was charged with risk of injury to a child; illegal sexual contact with a victim under the age of 16; second-degree criminal attempt at sexual assault; and criminal attempt at enticing a minor by computer, his arrest report shows.

Constant was held on a $250,000 bond.

According to Constant's arrest report, the GPD's Special Victims Section conducted an undercover operation in which a detective posed as a 14-year-old girl in an online chatroom and befriended Constant.

Constant began to steer conversations towards becoming more sexually explicit in nature, police said, noting that he "began describing sex acts that he wanted to perform on the 14-year-old girl when they met."

The investigation culminated with Constant making plans to meet with who he believed to be the 14-year-old in person at a specific location in Greenwich, police said.

On Dec. 12, Constant followed through with his plans and traveled to Greenwich where he was arrested without incident at the pre-arranged location shortly before 11 a.m., police said.

Constant was scheduled to appear in court the following day.