Man charged with soliciting over Net

8/12/2003

LIMA, Ohio - A Lima man was arrested yesterday after allegedly using the Internet to solicit sex from an undercover officer posing as a 14-year-old girl.

Bryan Wilson, 27, of 830 Albert St., was charged with importuning, a fifth-degree felony, and taken to the Allen County jail. He was arrested about 4:30 p.m. after leaving the Lima Public Library.

According to police, Mr. Wilson used a computer at the library to access the Internet and communicated with the officer in an online chat room.