Alberta man charged with child luring after U.S. detective posed as teen online
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A Calgary man faces a criminal charge in the United States after an online child sex-crime sting operation.
The 41-year-old trucker was charged in Idaho last month with luring a minor in a case that saw an American detective pretend online to be a 14-year-old girl.
In court documents, police say the accused urged the fictional girl to call him “Daddy,” then texted sexually suggestive messages.
Eventually, he arranged a meeting at a truck stop south of the city of Idaho Falls just before Christmas.
Police say they made the arrest that night at the truck stop.
They say during their interrogation, the accused told them the sexually suggestive messages were done “in the heat of the moment,” but that he would never follow through.
This report by The Canadian Press was first published Jan. 2, 2026.