LINCOLN, Neb. (KOLN) - A Columbus man accused of making plans to meet with a girl he believed was 15-years-old was arrested on Friday.

On July 9, an LPD Special Victims Unit investigator operating an undercover social media account, identifying as a 15-year-old Lincoln girl, received a friend request from 37-year-old Martin Gomez of Columbus.

LPD said the conversation became sexual, and at one point, Gomez sent unsolicited photos. Gomez also encouraged the undercover investigator to send sexually explicit photos back.

After weeks of speaking, LPD said plans were made to meet in person at Mahoney Park in Lincoln and get a hotel room together.

Gomez arrived at the park on Friday and instead met LPD SVU investigators and was taken into custody just before 1:30 p.m.

He was taken to the La

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