GRANT PARISH, La. (KALB) - A man from Canada was arrested by Ontario Provincial Police for attempting to lure a child from Louisiana, according to the Grant Parish Sheriff’s Office.

GPSO said Eddy Butler, 35, was communicating with who he believed to be a young girl in Grant Parish, and made plans to travel to Louisiana to meet up with her. The person he was speaking to was actually a Grant Parish Detective.

Butler was arrested in Canada for five counts of child luring.

“This case is an example of how powerful the internet can be,” said Grant Parish Sheriff Steven McCain. “Someone in another country was attempting to groom and lure a child for sexual reasons in our community.”

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