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SANTA CRUZ, Calif- Police have arrested a man who allegedly contacted a 12 year-old over the internet for sex.
Santa Cruz Police were investigating Jeffery Totten for over a week when a Santa Cruz Police Department Detective who posed as a 12 year old female in an Internet chat room was contacted by Totten.
Totten made offers of sex and sent lewd photos of himself to the person he thought was a 12 year old female. Totten eventually agreed to "meet" at an undisclosed location, for the purpose of having sexual relations.
When Totten arrived he was subsequently arrested by Detectives and booked in to the Santa Cruz County jail.
Detectives were able to utilize newly acquired software "WebCase" in the course of this investigation. The software was acquired through a grant in partnership with the Innocent Justice Foundation, which serves to provide law enforcement with the technology tools to manage these intensive investigations.
