Pittsburgh man arrested after texting with FBI agent posing as 14-year-old girl

PITTSBURGH — A Pittsburgh man was arrested for allegedly making arrangements to meet a 14-year-old girl in what was actually an FBI sting.

Pittsburgh police arrested Ackenio Taylor, 32, for exchanging sexual text messages with an FBI agent posing as a 14-year-old. He allegedly made plans to meet at a gas station on East Carson Street, where he was taken into custody.

Taylor was placed in Allegheny County Jail on $25,000 bond.

He is charged with criminal attempt - forcible compulsion, criminal solicitation, unlawful contact with a minor, criminal use of a communication facility

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