Texas man accused of flying to Florida to have sex with 9-year-old girl

Mark Andrew Nichols of Austin, Texas is accused of flying to Orlando, Florida in order to have sex with a 9-year-old girl.



Learn how human trafficking affects Texas up ahead. Mark Andrew Nichols of Austin, Texas is accused of flying to Orlando, Florida in order to have sex with a 9-year-old girl.



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An Austin man accused of flying to Florida to have sex with a 9-year-old girl has been arrested by police.

Mark Andrew Nichols, 64, described which sex acts he planned on performing with the child through email and texts, reports the Austin American-Statesman.

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Nichols was unknowingly corresponding with Orlando detectives posing as the girl's parents. The newspaper reports Nichols first made contact with the undercover detective after responding to an online ad created on Sept. 13. He was arrested by police when he arrived to Florida on Saturday.

News station WKMG reports Nichols told the detective that incest was an "extreme turn on" for him. He sent messages expressing interest in having sex with the decoy mother, father and child.

Mark Nichols traveled from TX to meet & have sex with a 9-yr-old girl. Instead, he was met by OPD. We'll never stop going after predators. pic.twitter.com/WJUr22lrkW — Orlando Police (@OrlandoPolice) October 9, 2017

As of Monday, Nichols remained in Florida jail with a $1,500 bail. He is charged with attempted sexual battery of a child younger than 12, attempted lewd or lascivious conduct, solicitation of a minor via computer and obscene communication, reports the American-Statesman.