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Kerry E. Hilton (photo provided)

PEMBERTON TWP. — A Little Egg Harbor Township man was arrested Monday after arranging to meet someone he thought was an underage girl for sex, authorities said.

Kerry E. Hilton, 21, thought he was communicating electronically with a 13-year-old when he arranged the meeting at an undisclosed location in Pemberton Township, the Burlington County Prosecutor’s Office announced on Tuesday.

He’d actually been communicating online with a detective from the prosecutor’s office high tech crimes unit, authorities explained. Hilton showed up, they said, only to be arrested and charged with attempt to commit sexual assault and attempted luring.

He allegedly had several types of alcohol and drug paraphernalia in his car when arrested.

Hilton was committed to the Burlington County Jail. In his first court appearance in the case Tuesday, Superior Court Judge James W. Palmer Jr. set bail at $200,000.

Should Hilton make bail, he’ll be forbidden to have contact with minors, authorities said.

The investigation was conducted by the prosecutor’s office — a member of the New Jersey State Police Internet Crimes Against Children Task Force — along with Pemberton Township police.

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