ACTON, MASS. (WHDH) - A 79-year-old Acton man is facing a criminal charge after police say he attempted to meet who he thought was a 14-year-old boy for sex at the South Acton Commuter Lot, according to police.
Douglas Cooper was arrested Saturday on a charge of enticing a child under 16 for sex, Acton Police Chief James Cogan announced.
Officers responding to a tip about a man who had tried to meet up with a boy in the area of 68 Windsor Road around 4:20 p.m. arrested Cooper after an investigation determined he had allegedly engaged in conversations of a sexually explicit nature on a mobile application with a minor who had identified himself as a 14-year-old boy.
Cooper has been ordered held on $7,540 bail pending his arraignment.
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