Ex-Coach Expecting Sex with Girl, 6, Finds FBI Instead: Report

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The FBI has arrested a former Notre Dame prep school football coach after he allegedly showed up at a Rochester Hills expecting to have sex with a 6-year-old girl he had arranged to meet through a Craigslist post, according to media reports.

Robert Lesnau, formerly a coach for Notre Dame Marist Academy in Pontiac, answered a Craigslist post in which a woman offered adult services, the FBI told WDIV-TV.

Lesnau allegedly responded to the post by phone, heard the woman’s daughter crying and asked her what she would charge him to have sex with the 6-year-old. The woman reportedly tipped off the FBI and became an informant.

According to federal court records, the FBI tracked Lesnau’s phone number and IP address to a printing business he owns in Sterling Heights, then began monitoring text messages and phone calls to the informant. Lesnau reportedly asked for topless photos of the woman and her daughter “so I know you are for real,” and sent a text message offering to pay $200 for the encounter.

When Lesnau showed up at the Red Roof Inn in Rochester Hills, the FBI was waiting.

Notre Dame Marist Academy officials told WDIV they are aware of the allegations against Lesnau, and have informed parents of the investigation.

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