Mesa PD: Man tried to lure girl for sex videos

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(Photo: Mesa Police Department) Jacob David Deakins of 952 S. Esperanza Ave., was taken into custody Tuesday on an outstanding warrant charging him with one count of luring a minor for sexual exploitation and one count of taking the identity of another.

MESA, AZ (CBS5) -

Mesa police arrested a 26-year-old Mesa man on suspicion of trying to lure an underage girl to his house to make adult videos.

Jacob David Deakins of 952 S. Esperanza Ave., was taken into custody Tuesday on an outstanding warrant charging him with one count of luring a minor for sexual exploitation and one count of taking the identity of another, according to police.

Police said Deakins tried to lure who he thought was an underage girl for the video, but the person posing as the girl was actually an undercover police.

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