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Norcross man arrested in online child sex sting

Jan 31, 2012

A 22-year-old Norcross man was arrested after authorities said he attempted to meet with a minor child to have sex, the FBI announced Monday.

Anuer Landaverde was arrested in Ringgold on Friday and charged with attempted aggravated child molestation and violation of the Computer Pornography Act.

Landaverde caught the attention of undercover officers on the Internet, the FBI said. When he went to meet with someone he believed to be a minor child, he was arrested by FBI agents and Northwest Georgia Safe Child Task Force officers.

He is being held in Catoosa County Jail.

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