A part-time school bus driver was arrested Friday and charged with several counts of unlawful contact with a minor for allegedly soliciting sex over the Internet from an undercover officer who he believed to be a 14-year-old girl.
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The state attorney general’s office said Mr. Drob made repeated online contact with an agent of the Child Predator Unit who was posing as a young girl.
“The Internet is a wonderful tool for information and communication,” state Attorney General Tom Corbett said in a statement announcing the Child Predator Unit’s 105th arrest. “But it has also become a popular stalking ground for predators searching for young victims.”
Starting in late September, Mr. Drob allegedly sent a live video of himself nude and also discussed various sexual topics while performing sexual acts via a chat room.
As the online conversations progressed, Mr. Drob eventually suggested he and the young girl meet for sex, police said. He also allegedly asked the girl to send him nude photos of herself.
State agents, assisted by Carbondale police, arrested Mr. Drob at his full-time job at Adams Cable, Carbondale, where he works as a lineman. Authorities also searched Mr. Drob’s home and seized three computers and several data disks.
Mr. Drob also was charged with criminal use of a communication facility.
Because of Mr. Drob’s part-time job as a bus driver for Gene Tranovich Bus Co., officials alerted the Carbondale Area School District of the arrest, in case parents or students have additional information about the suspect.
He was arraigned and remanded to Lackawanna County Prison in lieu of $75,000 bail.
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