Man asks '14-year-old' to engage in sexual activity, but 'teen' is undercover officer

The United States Attorney's Office announced in a press release the indictment by a federal grand jury of a Lebanon City man for child pornography offenses.

Howard D. Davis, age 57, is charged with allegedly enticing a fourteen-year-old to engage in sexually explicit activity and requesting that these sexual images be sent through the internet.

The fourteen-year-old was, in reality, an undercover officer with the Nebraska State Police.

A subsequent search warrant executed at Davis’s address uncovered a computer with alleged child pornography which Davis distributed to others over the internet.

The case was investigated by the United States Postal Inspectors in conjunction with the Nebraska State Police and the Pennsylvania Office of Attorney General.