Alert parents worked with the DeKalb County Sheriff’s Office to catch a Henagar, Ala., resident whom police said was sending sexually explicit material to their 15-year-old daughter.
In a news release, Sheriff Jimmy Harris said the parents found a phone that the man had given to their daughter and used to sent messages and photos.
Chief Deputy Michael Edmonson took the phone and, posing as the girl, agreed to meet the man at her home. When he showed up Wednesday night, he was arrested, the sheriff said.
Patrick Scott Farmer, 25, is charged with enticing a child for immoral purposes. More charges are possible, the sheriff said.
“This is the second arrest we have made in the last two weeks related to inappropriate texting between a man in his twenties and a teenaged girl,” Sheriff Harris said.