Man Tried To Have Sex With Bensalem Girl: Police

BENSALEM TOWNSHIP, PA —A Philadelphia man has been charged with involuntary deviant sexual intercourse of a victim who was less than age 16, police said.

On March 8, Wilson Garcia, 34, of Philadelphia, began a conversation with a 13-year-old female on a social media/dating app, the Bensalem Township Police Department said.

During that conversation, Garcia expressed interest in having a relationship and sexual encounter with the girl, police said.

The conversations continued over the next couple of months with Garcia expressing that he wanted to have sex with the girl and repeatedly asked her to sneak out of the house to meet him, police said.

At 3 a.m. Friday, Garcia contacted the girl and instructed her to fake that she was sick in the morning so she didn't have to go to school, police said.

He said that he would send an Uber to pick her up and take her to his room at the Lincoln Motel on Lincoln Highway in Bensalem Township and provided his room number.

Police said Garcia also included a picture of himself nude standing in the hotel room and said that he would get condoms from the front desk.

Police located Garcia in the hotel room and took him into custody.

He was charged with involuntary deviate sexual intercourse with a minor under 16 years of age and related offenses. Police said Garcia also had an active warrant out of Norristown for failure to appear on a DUI case.

Garcia was arraigned by District Justice Terry Hughes and remanded to the Bucks County Correctional Facility on 10 percent of $550,000 bail.