Bethlehem police arrested a Selkirk man after he allegedly sent sexually explicit text messages to minor.
Ryan Brooks, 27, of 148 Old Ravena Road in Selkirk, was arrested after the mother of a 16-year-old girl contacted police regarding the text messages.
“The text messages were adult in nature and eventually led to inviting and inducing the minor to engage in sexual contact with him,” police said.
Brooks was charged with attempted disseminating indecent material to a minor in the first degree, a felony. He was also charged with the misdemeanors of endangering the welfare of a child, attempted endangering the welfare of a child and attempted rape in the third degree.