Crime & Safety
Severn Man Charged with Soliciting Teen for Sex
The suspect thought he was arranging a meeting with a 13-year-old girl; instead he met with an Anne Arundel County Police officer.
A Severn man has been charged with soliciting a teenage girl for sex online, although the teen he ultimately intended to meet with turned out to be an Anne Arundel County Police officer.
The department first became aware of the suspect, Nicholas Benjamin Hittle, 34, of the 8060 block of Wayne Road in Severn, in early August. An investigator with the department’s Child Abuse Unit began communicating Hittle, posing online as a 13-year-old girl.
Authorities say that during the chats, Hittle solicited the investigator sex and suggested they meet for a sexual encounter.
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On Aug. 29, Hittle attempted to meet the teen in Anne Arundel County. Once he arrived at the predetermined location he was taken into custody and charged with sexual solicitation of a minor, police say.
»Nicholas Benjamin Hittle, 34, of Severn was arrested by Anne Arundel County Police.
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