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Teen nabbed in Internet sex sting

LITTLETON, N.H. --A 17-year-old high school senior in Littleton (New Hampshire) has been charged with using the Internet to try to entice a younger boy into sex.

It turned out that Ryan Taber was really exchanging messages with a Keene police detective who specializes in patrolling the Internet.

Court papers say Detective James McLaughlin was posing as a 14-year-old boy and had exchanged messages with Taber for two months. The transcripts say the teen tried arrange a meeting in the men's changing room at a Littleton store.

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Information from: The Caledonian-Record, http://www.caledonian-record.com 

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