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&Mdash; A 49-year-old townsperson funeral director was arrested Saturday after he told whom he thought was a 15-year-old
boy on a sexually transmitted networking site that he'd buy him a "foot long hot dog" while making plans to unite him at the movies to "kiss" and "cuddle", detectives say.
Samuel Edward Odom Jr., of West Palm Run aground, was arrested on charges of obscene communication - using a computer to seduce, pander to, lure a child, obscene communication - travel to meet after using a computer to charm a child and cruelty toward a child - transmitting harmful information to minors.
He was released anciently Sunday morning after posting $11,000 bond, Palm Strand County Jail records show.
Odom, whose occupation is listed on a Palm Lido County Sheriff's probable cause affidavit as funeral head of Tillman Funeral Home, began chatting with undercover sheriff's detectives masquerading as a 15-year-old boy in November of last year.
Odom Jr., under a cull name "Sam", messaged whom he thought was a teen boy, and told him he was a "cutie," the affidavit says.
Source: Palm Beach Post