Cleveland police arrested a 47-year-old registered sex offender Wednesday morning in an undercover sting after he showed up expecting to meet a 13-year-old boy for sex.
The meeting was actually set up by detective Cody Hinson. Investigators were waiting for Jonathan Francis when he arrived about 9:30 a.m.
Francis was arrested and charged with solicitation of a minor.
He is also known as Stacy Tray Grimsley.
Francis was convicted of criminal sexual conduct as well as assault with intent to commit a rape or sexual battery in 1993, according to the Tennessee Bureau of Investigation.
Francis is classified as an active, violent sex offender, according to TBI, and lives in Hixson.