PINELLAS PARK, Fla. - A 73-year-old man who spent 10 years as a Pinellas Park police officer faces serious charges after investigators say he tried to meet an 11-year-old girl for sex.

The backstory:

According to the Pinellas Park Police Department, Gary Mygdal took part in sexually explicit conversations with someone he thought was an 11-year-old girl.

He agreed to meet the child at what he believed was her home on Thursday, Sept. 4, according to police, and was arrested in the 13200 block of 49th St. N.

Dig deeper:

Investigators say Mygdal was an officer with the Pinellas Park Police Department from 1974-84 and was serving on two City of Pinellas Park boards at the time of his arrest.

Mydgal has been suspended from those boards, with police saying the City Council could remove

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