Newport News, Va. – A 36-year-old Newport News man was arrested in Augusta, Ga. after officials say he drove to the state to meet and have sex with who he believed to be a 14-year-old girl.

Investigators were chatting undercover with the Virginia man accused, John Tysarczyk, Jr.

He was arrested on Thursday for criminal attempt aggravated child molestation and is now being held in the Richmond County Jail.