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Lookout Mountain underage sex sting operation nets 2 arrests

Hamilton County Sheriff's Office / Jeffrey Adair Young, 65
Hamilton County Sheriff's Office / Jeffrey Adair Young, 65 Hamilton County Sheriff's Office / Jeffrey Adair Young, 65

Two men were arrested as part of undercover sting operations at the Lookout Mountain, Tennessee, Town Commons after allegedly attempting to meet with underage teens for sex.

Jeffrey Adair Young, 65, is facing one count of solicitation of a minor, according to an affidavit of complaint. Catalino Miguel Zarate Garcia, 37, is facing one count of attempted especially aggravated sexual exploitation of a minor and one count of attempted statutory rape.

On Monday, the Lookout Mountain Police Department received information about Young from the FBI, the complaint said.

Young allegedly planned to travel from Cleveland, Tennessee, to Lookout Mountain to meet up with a 15-year-old Chattanooga boy for sex.

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