A Mount Sidney man was recently indicted by a federal grand jury following a sting operation by a special agent with Homeland Security Investigations, according to court files.
Russell T. Maddox III, 36, was indicted June 24 on a charge of attempted coercion of a minor.
In late April, Maddox is alleged to have answered an online ad posted by the agent who initially posed as a 19-year-old woman, court files show. But during their online conversations, the undercover agent told Maddox that she was 15…