New York Solider Arrested In Net Sex Sting

A New York soldier who returned home from Iraq last December has been arrested for attempting to have sex with someone whom he believed was 14-year-old girl but was actually an undercover officer.

27-year-old Richard Luttman, of Queens, faces numerous charges including second-degree rape and attempted criminal sexual act with minor.

Police say he had been conversing with the detective since June 11 via a chat room on the Internet and even though the officer identified themselves as 14, the conversations continued in a sexual tone.

Allegedly he asked the minor if she would have sex with him and as all good romantics do, he sent a picture of his penis to her along with his cell number.

He is in police custody awaiting $100,000 bail.