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LEHI, Utah (ABC4) — A Texas man is behind bars after traveling to Utah to meet with who he believed was a 13-year-old girl to sexually abuse her. Instead, he was met with police officers and arrested.

54-year-old Kevin Michael Dilkes of Magnolia, Texas, was arrested for attempted rape of a child, attempted sodomy on a child, attempted sexual abuse of a child, enticement of a minor, and dealing in materials harmful to a minor. He has not been formally charged yet.

According to the arrest statement, a detective with the Lehi Police Department was performing an undercover investigation as a 13-year-old girl. While on an online chat platform, a user later identi

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