PITTSBURGH —

A Pittsburgh tech entrepreneur is facing charges of soliciting sexual contact with a young girl.

The attorney general's office said 57-year-old Eric T. Gillespie of the South Side tried to arrange a meeting with a preteen girl in Lebanon County. Advertisement

An agent posed as an adult in an online chat platform often utilized by offenders attempting to arrange meetings with children, according to the AG's office.

"Our Child Predator Section proactively uncovered this defendant who, under an online pseudonym, was lurking online to access children,” Attorney General Dave Sunday said.

Gillespie is founder and chairman of Govini, a software company with an office in Lawrenceville.

Records show Govini has been awarded millions of dollars in contracts with the Pentagon, Depa

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