A parent’s quick thinking resulted in the arrest Tuesday of a Dayton man accused of soliciting sex from a 12-year-old boy.
Tyler Mitchell, 19, was arrested at the East Branch of the Dayton Metro Library on Wyoming Street just after noon on Tuesday where he was allegedly conversing with the boy on Facebook.
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Dayton Police Sgt. Larry Tolpin said the boy first had contact with Mitchell at the library the day before.
Mitchell allegedly convinced the boy to meet him at Walnut Hills Park on Wayne Avenue where he reportedly propositioned the boy to have sex.
The boy did not go along with the plan, Tolpin said, and went home instead.
Mitchell allegedly continued to contact the boy on Facebook, at which point the boy’s parents became aware of the conversation.
“The victim’s father assumed the 12-year-old’s identity and continued the conversation on Facebook,” Tolpin said.
The suspect again propositioned the boy for sex prompting the father to call police.
Officers went to the library and found Mitchell using a public access computer. He had his Facebook account up on the screen with the conversation with the boy documented, Tolpin said.
He credited the father’s diligence in monitoring his son’s online activity with catching an alleged predator.
“Parents need to be involved and aware, especially of who their children are conversing with on the Internet,” he said.
Mitchell is facing a possible felony charge of importuning.
