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A Richmond man entered no contest pleas Tuesday to charges from an undercover sting where police said the man thought he was going to have sex with a 13-year-old.

Aaron Jerome Megatron, 32, made the pleas to charges of using a communications system to try to proposition a minor for sex and to a charge of attempting to solicit a minor for prostitution.

Michael Feinmel, a deputy commonwealth’s attorney, said the case began when a prostitute told a Henrico County police detective that one of her clients had asked her if she knew any underage prostitutes.

An undercover officer then got in touch with Megatron via text messages. The police officer posed as the mom of a 13-year-old daughter who was trying to arrange sex with the fictitious girl for money, Feinmel said.

Megatron was told to go to a local motel where he was arrested, according to a prosecutor’s report in the case. When he was arrested, he had an unopened condom as well as “the agreed upon $150,” according to the prosecutor’s report.

Charles Homiller, the defendant’s attorney, told Circuit Court Judge Lee A. Harris Jr. that his client is a U.S. Marines veteran.

After court, Homiller said his client was cooperative with police during his arrest.