Man Solicits Sex Online From '14-Year-Old': Police

FORSYTH COUNTY, GA — A 27-year-old man was arrested for sexual solicitation, and more, Wednesday after Forsyth County deputies posed as a 14-year-old online.

In December, the Forsyth County Sheriff’s Office began a child exploitation investigation. The investigation concluded Wednesday in the arrest of Michael Anthony Putnam, from Auburn, Ga.

Putnam had solicited an undercover law enforcement officer posing as a 14-year-old child online for purposes of sexual conduct, police said. Putnam arranged a meeting Wednesday with the child that was to occur at West Bank Park in Cumming, GA. Putnam was arrested and charged with computer pornography and Child Exploitation Prevention Act of 2007, criminal attempt to commit sodomy, criminal attempt to commit aggravated child molestation, obscene internet contact with a child, and VGCSA- possession marijuana.

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Putnam is currently lodged at the Forsyth County Sheriff’s Office, Adult Detention Center.

Although the child was fictitious in this scenario, police warn that this happens to real children all the time. Police urge parents to help protect kids from online predators by talking with them and monitoring their online activities

Graphic courtesy Forsyth County Sheriff's Office