A Simsbury man has been arrested for allegedly soliciting sex from an underage girl, police said.
The Cromwell Police Department received a complaint Friday that a man was allegedly soliciting sex from a 15-year-old girl. According to police, the girl was actually an adult woman posing at a juvenile on the social media app Whisper.
Christopher Root of Simsbury is accused of soliciting sex from a 15-year-old girl in exchange for money. (Courtesy of Cromwell Police Department)
Cromwell Police Department’s Patrol and Detective Divisions set up surveillance at a Super 8 hotel at 1 Industrial Park Road and observed the suspect, 63-year-old Christopher Root, walk into the hotel where he was placed under arrest, police said.
Root is facing charges of enticing a minor and commercial sexual abuse of a minor. He posted a $75,000 bond and is scheduled to appear at Middletown Superior Court on Oct. 28.
