LEHI, Utah (KSL.com) — A South Jordan man and mental health nurse practitioner was arrested Monday for investigation of enticing a minor.

A Utah County sheriff’s deputy was working undercover online, posing as an adult male with two young children, targeting individuals with a sexual interest in children through a social media app, according to a police booking affidavit.

The deputy was eventually contacted by an individual with the username “Ginger” who was later identified as Joel Thomas Covington, 46, the affidavit alleges, who “made references to my young children he was sexually interested (in), specifically an 8-year-old boy.”

“Joel made plans with me to meet me and the child and engage in sexual activity. Joel made reference to his ‘greatest fantasy’ being that he be sexually act

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