A Pittsburgh man is accused of using an online chat platform to try to solicit sexual contact with a preteen girl, Pennsylvania Attorney General Dave Sunday announced on Monday.

Eric T. Gillespie, 57, faces four felonies, including multiple counts of unlawful contact with a minor. A magisterial district judge denied bail at Gillespie's arraignment, citing flight risk and public safety concerns, according to a media release from Sunday's office.

Investigators said an agent with the Office of Attorney General posed as an adult on an online chat platform often used by offenders seeking to meet children. Gillespie allegedly attempted to arrange a meeting with a preteen girl in Lebanon County, officials said.

"Our Child Predator Section proactively uncovered this defendant who, under an onli

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