A Rumson man has been charged with trying to lure a person he’d been told was a 6-year-old girl for a sexual encounter in a Bergen County hotel, according to the Star-Ledger.

Lee Devinsky, a 35-year-old advertising executive, was arrested at the hotel in Park Ridge on Saturday. He was arraigned yesterday on one count each of attempted aggravated sexual assault and endangering the welfare of a child, the Ledger reported, citing Bergen County prosecutors.

The suspect, who made no comment at the proceedings, was freed on $200,000 bail, and ordered to report to Superior Court in Bergen County within 24 hours.

From the story:

Authorities say Devinsky communicated via chat and instant messaging with [someone] whom he believe to be the parents of two children, an 8-year-old boy and the 6-year-old girl.

In reality, police say, he was corresponding with investigators from the Bergen County Prosecutor’s Office Computer Crimes Unit. ¶

During the course of those conversations, prosecutors say Devinsky initiated sexually explicit dialogue regarding the childen and began to inquire if the parents shared their children for sexual activity. ¶

At Devinsky’s request, a meeting was arranged for Saturday at a Bergen County hotel. Devinsky believed he was going to the meeting to engage in sexual acts with the mother and the girl, police said. ¶

Devinsky, a married executive with 20th Century Fox in Manhattan, was arrested as he showed up at the hotel, police said.

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