A Duluth man communicated with undercover investigators online for two weeks before arranging to meet someone he thought was a child for sex, authorities said.
Sung On Yi, 36, was arrested Tuesday after Cherokee County deputies said he drove to Woodstock to meet the child, who he believed to be younger than 15. He was met by investigators with the sheriff’s Internet Crimes Against Children Unit instead.
Investigators took Yi into custody about 1 p.m. without incident, according to Cherokee sheriff’s spokesman Capt. Jay Baker.
Credit: Cherokee County Sheriff's Office
Credit: Cherokee County Sheriff's Office
Yi is facing charges of attempted child molestation and sexual exploitation of a child, as well as eight counts of obscene internet contact with a minor and three counts of using a computer to lure a child.
He is being held in the Cherokee County jail without bond.
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