Maryland man arrested for soliciting minor boy for sex online

(Catalino Lopez Cordova, Image credit: Maryland State Police)

Yesterday, following a successful sting operation, Maryland State Police reported arresting a man on Monday on charges that he solicited sex from an undercover trooper who was posing as a child over the Internet in Anne Arundel County.

Catalino Lopez Cordova, 42, of Gambrills, Maryland, was charged with one count of sexual solicitation of a minor. He was transported to the Anne Arundel County Detention Center where he is being held without bond.

According to a preliminary investigation, a trooper with the Maryland State Police Computer Crimes Unit on Thursday was monitoring an online dating app while posing as a 14-year-old male. Lopez Cordova initiated an online conversation with the goal of soliciting a sexual encounter with the minor.

The suspect suggested meeting with whom he thought was the minor that day in Hanover, Maryland. According to a preliminary investigation, Lopez Cordova arrived at that location at about 5:20 p.m. Maryland State Police, with assistance from Anne Arundel County Police, arrested the suspect at the scene.

The Maryland State Police Computer Crimes Unit coordinates the Maryland Internet Crimes Against Children Task Force.

(Source: Maryland State Police)

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