Fairfax County Police have arrested a 29-year-old Arlington man for using a computer to solicit a child for sex.
Ryan Gabriel Pratzel, of 1221 South Eads Street, #411, allegedly made sexually explicit comments in an online chat with a detective posing as a 14-year-old Fairfax County boy.
On Friday afternoon, March 7, detectives from the Sexual Predator Enforcement and Apprehension Detail arrested Pratzel at a pre-arranged meeting location in Fairfax County. He was taken to the Fairfax County Adult Detention Center and charged with computer solicitation of sex from a child under 15 years old and attempted indecent liberties with a child.