James Cavalcoli, 51, an assistant
professor at the university's department of computational medicine and
bioinformatics, reportedly started chatting with the father, 'Jim', on a
child pornography website.
He arranged to meet Jim - whom he
believed to be a fellow 'boy lover' - and Jim's 14-year-old son for sex
and traveled from his Ann Arbor home to Florida, armed with condoms and
lubricant, it is said.
But after making the 1,350-mile trip
to Broward County, Cavalcoli discovered the father he had been speaking
to was actually an undercover officer working with the FBI's Child
Exploitation Task Force.
Cavalcoli, who also allegedly sent naked photographs to Jim ahead of the trip, was arrested and booked into Broward County Jail, pending transportation to a federal court in Fort Lauderdale.
He immediately confessed to his actions and said he 'regretted' his trip, police said. He is now facing a federal charge of traveling across states to have sex with a minor.
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