Man who thought he was meeting child for sex ends up in handcuffs

A man who thought he was meeting up with a child to perform sex acts ended up in handcuffs instead, the Burke County Sheriff’s Office said Wednesday.

Christopher Scott Haas, 37, of Lenoir, was charged with felony solicitation of a child by computer/indecent liberties with a child. Haas was jailed on $50,000 bail.

Sheriff’s investigators conducted an undercover operation on Tuesday after learning that Haas “was engaged in inappropriate conversation with a minor through social media,” the sheriff’s office said.

Haas went to a predetermined site where he thought he would meet the child. Investigators met him instead and took him into custody.

This story was originally published January 11, 2017 at 7:26 PM with the headline "Man who thought he was meeting child for sex ends up in handcuffs."