CORAL SPRINGS, Fla. – Authorities mentioned a Coral Springs guy attempted to meet up with two 16-year-old boys in a Dunkin’ parking lot for oral sex the usage of the apps Jack’d and Snapchat.
But he used to be as a substitute greeted by means of the FBI, as a result of what he didn’t know, they mentioned, is that he used to be speaking to an undercover officer the entire time — as phase of a federal sting.
According to a federal indictment got by means of Local 10 News on Friday, Tobias Lee Lunger, 51, first reached out to the undercover investigator at the relationship and chat app Jack’d, which essentially caters to homosexual and bisexual males, on Dec. 2.
He claimed to be 41 and to have simply moved from Florida from Pennsylvania six months prior, the courtroom paperwork state.
Authorities mentioned the undercover officer instructed Lunger he used to be turning 16 quickly however didn’t have some way to meet up with Lunger, however did have a pal who may power him to the Dunkin’ at 12432 W. Atlantic Blvd., simply east of the Sawgrass Expressway.
After having moved the dialog to Snapchat, the indictment states that Lunger instructed the decoy that (referring to each 16-year-olds), “I’m Sure u Both will LUV” having him carry out oral sex on them.
“Hopefully the 3 of us can meet many many times,” government mentioned he messaged the officer.
The indictment states that Lunger gave the investigator his telephone quantity in case his “Snap get block (sic) due to things I talk about,” encouraging him to save his quantity as “Daddy T” in his telephone.
Lunger and the undercover officer mentioned imaginable meetup dates, the indictment states. Lunger instructed the decoy that once they met in the eating place parking lot, he would have them move to a close-by park for the sexual come upon, government mentioned.
Eventually, Lunger and the officer agreed to meet Wednesday, the indictment states, and when he pulled into the eating place parking lot, FBI brokers moved in to arrest him.
The indictment states that Lunger “admitted he chatted with two individuals who he believed to be 16 years of age and came to meet them. He claimed that he wanted to check their IDs but did not intend on having sex with them.”
Lunger now faces a federal rate of attractive a minor to have interaction in felony sexual job. According to the Cornell Law School, the statute carries with it a effective and 10 years to existence in jail if convicted.
He remained at the back of bars in the Broward County Main Jail on a U.S. Marshals grasp as of Friday.
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