A 19-year-old Richmond man has been convicted in Louisa County of soliciting sex from a minor.
Robert Cox was arrested in October in a Louisa undercover operation aimed at sexual predators using the Internet to solicit children. Cox is a former employee of a day care center in Henrico County, according to Louisa Commonwealth's Attorney Tom Garrett, who did not name the center.
"It is difficult to understand why others would prey on children and it is troubling when that person works at a day care center," Garrett said.
The arrest came after an investigation by the Child Safety Initiative begun by Louisa in February 2008. Cox, using an Internet screen name, contacted an undercover officer who was posing as a 13-year-old girl in an online chat room, according to Garrett's office. Cox sent a picture of his penis to the girl before arranging a meeting on Oct. 18, 2008, when he was arrested.
Cox is scheduled to be sentenced on Dec. 21.
-- Michael Martz
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