MENLO PARK — Three men were charged this week with meeting with a minor with the intent of engaging in lewd and lascivious behavior after an undercover police officer posed as a 13-year-old girl on online dating websites, prosecutors said.

The operation was aimed at combatting child exploitation, according to the San Mateo County District Attorney’s Office. All three men allegedly arrived at a location where they believed they would be meeting the fake 13-year-old girl.

“It is never ceases to amaze me … how many predators there are out there who are more than willing to reach out, develop contact with juvenile girls — juvenile boys too — and to try and set up a time to get together to engage in illegal sexual conduct,” said San Mateo County District Attorney Stephen Wagstaffe. “What Menl

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