Preschool Worker Eric Mintzer Charged In Undercover Sting

Virgina--A preschool worker has been arrested on charges that he solicited sex from someone whom he believed to be a 14-year-old boy.

Eric D. Mintzer, 27, of Springfield, was arrested as part of an undercover sting operation in which a detective posed online as the 14-year-old.

According to news8.net:

"Investigators say Mintzer contacted the detective through the 14-year-old's Yahoo instant messenger account on Feb. 25, initiating a 4.5-hour, sexually explicit online chat, according to court documents."

After Mintzer arrived at the predetermined located to meet the "child" he was quickly arrested by police.

Before being arrested, Minzter previously worked as the assistant director of A Child's Place at Hollin Hall, in Alexandria.