LAFAYETTE, La. — A 26-year-old man is behind bars after being caught trying to solicit a minor for sex.
Officers with the Lafayette Police Department identified that man as Deshawn Collins of Kaplan, who was arrested Friday in Lafayette's Girard Park.
This follows a sting operation by an organization called "Louisiana Dads Against Predators" or L.A.D.A.P. Investigators told KATC the group posed as a 14-year-old boy and during conversations involving both L.D.A.P. and Collins, evidence shows Collins made plans to meet with the 14-year-old in the park.
Collins has since been detained and questioned by Youth Services Detectives. Afterward, police say he was arrested for one count of felony indecent behavior with a juvenile and one count of felony computer-aided solicitation of a minor. He now sits in Lafayette Parish Correctional Center.
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