Austin Maddox, 33, of Jacksonville, Florida, is charged with traveling to meet after using a computer to solicit a child, solicitation of a child via computer to engage in sexual conduct, unlawful use of a two-way communication device, and producing or promoting performance which included sexual performance by a child, a Jacksonville Sheriff’s Office arrest report indicated.
A former Boston Red Sox pitcher was recently arrested in an undercover child predator sting after authorities say he solicited an underage girl for sex and then traveled to meet her. https://t.co/K5bvwMRI96
Maddox was reportedly talking with someone who identified themselves as a 14-year-old girl. He is alleged to have arranged to meet up with the girl for sex.
Maddox chatted with someone who identified herself as a 14-year-old girl on the website “Skip the Games,” continued the conversation via text message, and arranged a place to meet for sex, according to the arrest report.
Investigators say Maddox “expressed a desire to commit lewd acts” and after learning the girl’s age he allegedly said, “That’s young, baby. I get in trouble for that. You can’t even drive. You gonna stay with me all night?”
Now, video has emerged of the arrest being made which involves Maddox being tackled as he tries to enter a house where he was supposedly meeting the underage girl.
Footage of police in Florida arresting former Red Sox pitcher Austin Maddox, after he attempted to meet an underage girl pic.twitter.com/6VEqo8SryV
