Attorney nabbed in sting

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Seems like an attorney would be smart enough to not do this. Guess not!

04/24/2007 Man arrested on online solicitation of minor charge

An attorney for the U.S. Department of Agriculture was arrested in Quanah last week on charges of online solicitation of a minor.

The Texas Department of Public Safety revealed that David Kurt Warner was arrested April 17 by the Texas Rangers, Hardeman County Sheriff's Office and the DPS Motor Vehicle Theft Service. Investigators allege that Warner had traveled to Quanah from the Dallas area expecting to meet a 15-year-old female.

Trooper Daniel Hawthorne, DPS spokesman in Childress, said the operation was spurred by members of a volunteer group called "Perverted Justice." The group helps law enforcement agencies catch online predators and is featured on NBC's "Dateline: To Catch a Predator" show.

"This is not one of the big ones where 'Dateline' was involved," Hawthorne said.

Warner is a resident of Carrollton, Texas, according to a news release. Hawthorne said the group had begun having online conversations with Warner a few weeks ago, and contacted the Texas Rangers. Warner was arrested April 17 in a "residential setting" in Quanah, according to the release.

Warner was booked into the Hardeman County Jail and bond was set at $100,000. Conviction of online solicitation of a minor is a third degree felony.