Greensburg Police arrested a registered sex offender Thursday on allegations he had been attempting to contact children via social media. WRTV Channel 6 says that 45-year-old James Browning, of Greensburg, had allegedly been attempting to contact girls through a social media app.

Channel 6 is reporting that Browning is a registered offender against children who was convicted on two counts of Child Seduction in February of 2010 and two separate counts of Child Molesting in November of 2010. According to the report, Browning was required to register on the Indiana Sex Offender Registry following his release in March of 2013.

The television station cited Greensburg Police, who told them that they caught Browning after a detective posed as a juvenile.

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