Man arrested in online sting

Huntington Beach police arrested an Anaheim man Thursday night on suspicion of coming to town with intent to have sex with a 13-year-old girl.

David Bryan, whom police identified as a registered sex offender, was arrested at about 8 p.m. Detectives searched his residence afterward and found additional evidence related to the crime as well as child pornography, Lt. Russell Reinhart said.

Police located Bryan through a sting operation in which an undercover detective posed as a 13-year-old girl online, Reinhart said. Bryan contacted the victim and attempted to solicit sex acts, he said.

Bryan was booked at the Huntington Beach city jail on suspicion of attempted lewd acts with a minor less than 14 years old, communicating with a minor with intent to commit lewd acts and possession of child pornography. No bail was posted.

— Michael Miller