(WXIN/WTTV) — A central Indiana man has been arrested after police say he chatted online with someone he thought was a 13-year-old, trying to meet up with the fake girl for sex and comparing himself to SpongeBob while messaging her.

James A. Raber, a 63-year-old from Rush County, was charged last week in Randolph County Court with attempted child molesting and child solicitation. The charges reportedly stem from conversations Raber had online with a sheriff's deputy who was posing as a 13-year-old girl.

Court documents detail how Raber began messaging the fictional "Steph" on May 8 over Facebook Messenger. The fake profile told Raber she was a 13-year-old girl planning on running away from home, but that did not stop the 63-year-old from turning the conversation sexual.

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