GROTON, Conn. (WFSB) - A New York man has been arrested in Groton after attempting to meet and have sex with an underage girl.

38-year-old Timothy D. Clark was arrested on September 12th by detectives from the Groton Police Department’s Criminal Investigation Division and investigators from the Naval Criminal Investigative Service.

They say Clark traveled from New York to Groton to meet who he believed was an underage girl, but was actually an undercover law enforcement agent.

Clark’s arrest was part of a joint undercover law enforcement operation targeting child sex predators.

He was charged with criminal attempt to commit sexual assault in the 2nd degree, criminal attempt to commit injury or risk of injury to, or impairing morals of children, enticing a minor, and harmful communicati

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