Reports: 78-year-old man offered teen $5 for oral sex in Texas park bathroom

Gary Lynn Taylor, 78, was booked and charged with prostitution/solicitation of a person under 14-years-old following an investigation into a teen's claim Taylor solicited him for oral sex in a park bathroom. Gary Lynn Taylor, 78, was booked and charged with prostitution/solicitation of a person under 14-years-old following an investigation into a teen's claim Taylor solicited him for oral sex in a park bathroom. Photo: Hidalgo County Sheriff's Office Photo: Hidalgo County Sheriff's Office Image 1 of / 21 Caption Close Reports: 78-year-old man offered teen $5 for oral sex in Texas park bathroom 1 / 21 Back to Gallery

An elderly South Texas man is behind bars after he allegedly solicited a man and the man's teenage son for sex acts at a park.

Gary Lynn Taylor, 78, was charged with prostitution/soliciting a person younger than 14-years-old on July 22, according to online jail records for the Hidalgo County Sheriff's office.

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A probe into the alleged sexual solicitation began on July 22 after a man and his son called the Mission Police Department following a visit to the Banworth Park, ValleyCentral reported.

A father and his 16-year-old son went to the park when the teen's father noticed Taylor's green Ford F-150, according to ValleyCentral.

The father of the teen had been solicited for sexual acts by Taylor previously and didn't report the incident to police, but remembered Taylor and his vehicle and warned his son, the South Texas news agency reported.

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When the teen went to the restroom, the elderly man followed after him and asked if the teen could "give him a blow job," to which the teen responded "how much," and Taylor proposed $5, ValleyCentral reported.

The teen ran from the restroom and yelled for his father according to a complaint obtained by ValleyCentral.com.

The teen and his father kept Taylor at the park until police arrived and Taylor admitted to police that he asked the boy for oral sex in exchange for $5.

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Online records state Taylor is being charged with soliciting a person under 14-years-old while reports suggest the teen is 16. Questions to the Hidalgo County Sheriff's Office were not immediately answered as officials familiar with the case were not available.

Taylor's solicitation charge is a second-degree felony and he remains behind bars with a $50,000 bond.

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