Lafayette Hill Man Sought To Sexually Exploit Child Online: DA

NORRISTOWN, PA -- A Lafayette Hill man has been arrested after police caught him describing the sexual acts he planned on performing on a 14-year-old girl, according to the Montgomery County District Attorney's Office.

Michael Straff, 58, posted an online advertisement soliciting minors, which was responded to by an undercover detective with the East Norriton Police Department, the DA said.

For 13 days, the undercover officer posed at the 14-year-old girl and repeatedly engaged in conversation with Straff. Straff specifically described the sex acts he wanted to perform on the "girl," according to the DA.

Eventually, Straff emailed a picture of his genitalia and set up a meeting for what he believed would be a sexual encounter, the DA said.

A meeting was set up for 6:30 p.m. on April 14 at 100 W. Germantown Pike. Straff showed up promptly at 6:28 and was arrested, according to the DA.

He was been charged with Attempted Involuntary Sexual Assault of a Child under 16 years of age and Unlawful Contact with a Minor, among other charges.

Bail was set at $1.5 million, which he did not post, and he was sent to the Montgomery County Correctional Facility. A preliminary hearing is scheduled for May 4.