A 42-year-old Palm Springs man has been arrested after a monthlong investigation into sexually explicit online conversations with a 15-year-old girl, police said Wednesday.

Robert Lloyd Simmons was booked Tuesday into the Benoit Detention Center in Indio on suspicion of contacting a minor with intent to commit a sexual offense and arranging a meeting with a minor for lewd purposes, according to the Palm Springs Police Department.

Officers were alerted Aug. 28 to inappropriate online conversations between Simmons and a girl who lives out of state, police said. Simmons allegedly communicated with the teen knowing her age.

He was taken into custody without incident Tuesday in the area of 1200 E. Palm Canyon Drive.

“The Palm Springs Police Department is continuing to examine electronic evi

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