West Friendship Man Solicited Teen For Sex Who Was Actually An Undercover Cop: Police

HOWARD COUNTY, MD — A West Friendship man has been arrested after police say he tried to solicit a minor for sex who actually was an undercover investigator posing as a 13-year-old girl.

On Jan. 9, Frederick County Sheriff’s Office detectives arrested 50-year-old Scott Paul Locastro on eight separate counts of sexual solicitation of a minor and two counts of obscene material sale to minors. Part of the FCSO Internet Crimes Against Children Section’s duty is to conduct online undercover investigations regarding the solicitation of minors through mobile applications, websites and various other means facilitated by technology. On Jan. 3, an FCSO detective was performing online investigations posing as a 13-year-old girl when Locastro contacted her using his cell phone, according to the FCSO.

The detective informed Locastro several times throughout the conversation that he was speaking with a 13-year-old girl. Locastro continued to engage in a sexual conversation with the undercover detective, soliciting numerous sex acts. Locastro stated that he would travel from West Friendship to Frederick County for the purposes of engaging in several sexual acts, FCSO said.

Locastro drove to an agreed upon location in Frederick County and detectives immediately arrested him without incident.

“This arrest is another win for the juveniles who are preyed upon by sexual predators like Locastro,” said Sgt. Rob Deckhut, FCSO Criminal Investigations Section commander. “Our goal is to take as many of these predators off the streets of Frederick County and to protect our youth to the fullest extent possible.”