St. Petersburg, FL (March 4, 2019) – On Friday, a 57-year-old man was arrested after he attempted to arrange a meeting with a 14-year-old girl and offered to pay her $100 for sex. 

Police say that Frank Caldas contacted a person that he believed would be able to arrange a get together with a young woman for sexual gratification.  The person he contacted was actually a St. Petersburg undercover police officer. 

The police say that Caldas communicated with who he believed was a “14-year-old girl” and was in search of having a sexually explicit time with her, with the promise of $100 in return. He told her he would only need 30 minutes of her time for that $100.

Caldas traveled to a decoy location to leave the money. That is when he was taken into custody.

When he was arrested, Caldas had condoms in his possession and admitted that he brought them to use while performing a sexual act. He has now been charged with using a computer service to solicit a child, human trafficking, traveling to meet a minor, prostitution, unlawfully using a two-way device to communicate with a minor, and more.

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