California Man Arrested For Trying To Have Sex With Underage Oklahoma Girl

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OKLAHOMA CITY -- FBI agents have arrested a California man suspected of trying to have sex with an underage Oklahoma girl.

Troy Anthony Howard, 41, was arrested Monday night at a truck stop near Interstate 40 and Martin Luther King Boulevard in Oklahoma City. Howard faces a federal charge of interstate travel for the purpose of engaging in sex with a minor.

Howard's arrest followed a two-month investigation by the FBI.

Agents received a tip that a man was using an Internet chat room with the intention of having sex with an underage female and her mother, said Special Agent James E. Finch.

Howard is from Visalia, California and is scheduled to make his first court appearance Tuesday afternoon in Oklahoma City.