A registered sexual offender from Canton was arrested for soliciting sex from an underage girl.
The Canton Police Department said Jeremy Mentzer, 28, began talking to the girl on Sept. 2 via social media. Police said he was using a fake name.
Detectives posed as the juvenile girl and got Mentzer to agree to meet at a predetermined location. He was arrested by police when he arrived.
He was arrested for indecent solicitation of a child, a class 2 felony.
Copyright 2021 WCBU. To see more, visit WCBU.