The former director of family planning and school counseling advocacy groups in the District of Columbia has been arrested for allegedly arranging to have sex with a 12-year-old girl in an online Internet sting.

Scott Richard Swirling, 61, thought he was discussing plans to meet a District man who was offering to let him have sex with his preteen daughter, authorities said.

It turns out Swirling was dealing with an undercover D.C. police officer.

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Swirling, of Gaithersburg, was arrested Tuesday and charged with traveling across state lines to engage in illicit sexual conduct, a crime which carries a penalty of up to 30 years.

Swirling is the third white-collar worker — including an FBI analyst — to be arrested in the sting in less than six weeks.

Swirling served as executive director of the American School Counselor Association and the National Family Planning & Reproductive Health Association before starting his own law firm construction business 10 years ago, according to his website’s biography.

According to charging papers:

Swirling answered an online advertisement on Monday that had been placed by a task force made up of D.C. police officers and FBI agents.

The detective wrote that he was a “taboo dad” with a “12-year-old girl, very perverted.”

Swirling, using the screen name “squiggles 12353,” responded, “Kindered [sic] spirts.”

Over several hours, the two men traded emails discussing their interests in underage girls and traded photos of young girls, including that of the detective’s purported 12-year-old daughter.

The undercover detective offered to have Swirling meet the girl in Northwest Washington after she got home from school.

Swirling agreed but backed off that evening. “I am sure you can imagine that I am a bit concerned about a sting,” he wrote.

He asked the detective to send another picture of his daughter, this time with her holding a piece of paper with his name and that day’s date so that he could be sure he was not being set up by police.

The law enforcement officer then emailed a photo of the purported child holding a piece of paper that read, “Hi Scott, January 8, see ya soon.”

Swirling then agreed to meet at the arranged location and was arrested when he showed up, court documents said.

JACKSONVILLE, Fla. — A judge sentenced a 63-year-old woman to 14 years in prison after she pleaded guilty to a charge of child neglect involving the sexual abuse of a nine-year-old girl.

Patricia Woloszynowski plead guilty Wednesday morning, according to a news release from State Attorney Angela Corey’s office.

The release said immediately after entering her plea, a judge sentenced Woloszynowski to 14 years in prison.

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Police arrested Woloszynowski in March 2011 after a nine-year-old girl told police a sex offender, Roberg Goenig Young, repeatedly abused her, the release said.

Prosecutors obtained evidence which showed Woloszynonwski knew about the abuse and did not do anything about it.

Assistant State Attorney Alan Mizrahi said, “This is the final conviction in an overwhelmingly sad case. Despite suffering unimaginable betrayal, this child is doing amazingly well in her new home. She recently finished second in a school wide spelling bee and believes that she can conquer anything. I believe she can.”

The release said Woloszynowski is one of five people police arrested in the case.

Christopher Perry was convicted in October 2012 and sentenced to six life sentences on five charges of sexual battery, one charge to lewd or lascivious molestation, one charge of conspiracy to commit sexual battery and one charge of child neglect.

Perry’s wife, Mary Perry, was sentenced to 30 years, the release said, on charges of child neglect ad conspiracy to commit sexual battery.

Robert Young pled guilty to molesting the nine-year-old and faces life in prison, according to the release.

Michael Halveland pled guilty to lews or lascivious molestation and also faces life in prison.

The release said both Halveland and Young are scheduled to be sentenced next week.

A former Ennis High School teacher was sentenced Tuesday to five concurrent five-year prison terms for asking as many as 20 current and former students for digital images of their genitals.

Joshua Jaggears pleaded guilty to charges of online solicitation of a minor; improper relationship between educator and student; and sexual performance of a child. He was sentenced Tuesday in Ellis County.

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Jaggears, 28, taught Agriculture Science at the high school. He was arrested in September, 2011 and charged with soliciting minors. A longtime friend who traveled with Jaggears on agricultural events with the Future Farmers of America learned of the solicitation and told the school district.

His own son was one of the accusers.

Jaggears, who lived in Burleson, taught at the high school for five years. Ellis County District Attorney Patrick Wilson said some students did comply with the teacher’s request, but there was no evidence that any physical sexual activity occurred.

“This brings to close a difficult episode for the students, parents, teachers and administrators of the Ennis Independent School District,” Wilson wrote in a prepared statement. “When multiple public entities are involved in a criminal matter, as with this case, cooperation and communication are key to a successful outcome.”