FORT SMITH (KFSM) — Fort Smith Police have arrested an Ohio man on suspicion of two counts of attempted rape, according to a release from the department.
Antoine Michael, 42, was arrested Monday (Aug. 11) in a local coffee shop after he told an undercover detective he was interested in having sex with a juvenile male and a juvenile female, both under the age of 13, the report stated.
Authorities were alerted “on July 20th, 2015, a Detective with the Fort Smith Police Department’s Street Crimes Unit assigned to the Internet Crimes Against Children (ICAC) Task Force initiated an online investigation into possible deviant sexual activity involving a minor, after making contact with an adult male online,” according to the release.
Michael is being held at the Sebastian County Detention Center without bond, the release stated.