A Lexington man has been arrested for allegedly attempting to engage in sexual activity with an underage girl. On Wednesday, the Attorney General’s Cybercrimes Unit arrested 48-year-old Sherwin D. Collins, who is also known as “Rick”.
Collins’ arrest is the result of a two-week undercover investigation by Kentucky’s Cybercrimes Unit. According to investigators, Collins exchanged emails and text messages with a person he met on Craigslist who he believed to be the mother of an 11-year-old girl. Investigators allege that Collins traveled to Frankfort after making arrangements with the mother to meet her and her daughter for the purposes of engaging in sexual contact with the child. Collins also allegedly sent inappropriate pictures of himself, divulging his identity. Collins was arrested in Frankfort and a search warrant was executed at his Lexington home.
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Collins has been charged with one count of unlawful use of electronic means originating or received within the Commonwealth to induce a minor to engage in a sexual or other prohibited activities. The crime is a Class D felony and is punishable by up to five years in prison.
Collins was booked into the Franklin County Detention Center on Wednesday and arraigned this morning at 9 a.m. His bond was set at $10,000 full cash.
