CROMWELL, CT — A man was arrested after allegedly attempting to solicit sex from someone he believed was a 15-year-old girl, police said.
Christopher Root, 63, of Simsbury, was taken into custody Oct. 17 at the Super 8 Motel, according to the Cromwell Police Department.
Police received a complaint that an adult male was soliciting sex from a minor in exchange for money on the app “Whisper.”
The person Root was communicating with was actually an adult female posing as a juvenile, police said.
Patrol officers and detectives set up surveillance at the motel and observed Root walk into the building, where he was arrested.
Root was charged with enticing a minor and commercial sexual abuse of a minor.
He posted $75,000 bond and is scheduled to appear at Middletown Superior Court on Oct. 28.
