Santa Maria police arrested a man who they say attempted to meet with a minor with the intent to engage in sexual acts Wednesday.
Police say detectives conducted an operation in Santa Maria that led 37-year-old Salvador Morales Montar to believe that he was meeting up with an adult woman and her 11-year-old daughter.
According to investigators, Montar used social media messaging to meet with the mother-daughter duo with the intent to engage in sexual acts with the girl.
Police arrested Montar at a Santa Maria parking lot Wednesday after he allegedly arrived to meet with whom he believed was the woman and her daughter.
Montar was booked into the Santa Barbara County Jail on felony charges related to arranging and meeting with a minor with the intent to engage in sexual acts and electronically sending and soliciting harmful/obscene sexual material.
Anyone with information related to this incident is encouraged to contact Detective McCorkle with the Special Victims Unit at (805) 928–3781 ext. 2453.
