Crime & Safety
Man Tries To Have Sexual Meetup With Minor: Police
He thought he was talking to a teenage boy. In reality, it was a state trooper. An attempted sexual encounter led to his arrest, police say.
LAUREL, MD — Last Thursday, an Anne Arundel County man tried have a sexual meetup with a minor in Prince George's County, police said. Troopers arrested the suspect, charging him with sexual solicitation of a minor.
The situation started while a trooper was monitoring an online dating app, posing as a 14-year-old male. Police said the accused Hanover man, Ricardo Xavier Castillo, started a conversation with the undercover trooper.
Castillo, 52, suggested meeting for a sexual encounter that day in Laurel, the incident report noted. The writeup added that Castillo arrived at the site just after 5 p.m. The Maryland State Police arrested Castillo on the spot with support from the FBI’s Maryland Child Exploitation Task Force.
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Castillo will next appear in court on Jan. 4, 2021. His case does not yet list a trial date.
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