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Sheriff: Ohio man arranged sexual encounter with Lake County girl, met detective instead

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Lake County Sheriff's Office

(WBBM NEWSRADIO) — A man from Ohio is in custody in Lake County, after the sheriff's office said he traveled over 300 miles to have a sexual encounter with a young girl — who turned out to be a detective.

Zachary Clemens, a 38-year-old man from Dublin, Ohio, was arrested on Monday as a result of a weekslong sting operation by the Lake County Sheriff's Office Special Investigations Group and the Naval Criminal Investigative Service.


Investigators said Clemens was chatting online with a sheriff's detective who was posing as a young girl.

During the conversations, police said Clemens sent nude photos of himself to who he thought was the young child.

Upon his arrest, detectives also found a small amount of cocaine, according to the sheriff's office.

Clemens has now been charged with numerous felonies include attempted aggravated criminal sexual abuse, indecent solicitation of a child, and unlawful posession of a controlled substance.

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