SOMERSET, Ky. (FOX 56) — A Lexington man was arrested in Pulaski County on Thursday after authorities accused him of engaging in online sexual communication with someone he believed to be a minor.
According to the Pulaski County Sheriff’s Office, the group KyPredoPursuit contacted investigators on Sept. 24 regarding 48-year-old Josue Omar Preza Sanchez of Lexington. Authorities said Sanchez had been communicating online with a decoy posing as a teenager.
Investigators said Sanchez engaged in sexually explicit conversations with the decoy beginning Sept. 21.
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According to authorities, Sanchez arranged to meet the individual in Pulaski County and planned to rent a hotel room for the encounter. Investigators said he traveled to Somerset and made arrangements to meet the decoy…