Pervert Stayed On Message

MAY 19--Meet Joshua Dawson.

The Arkansas man, 24, last week allegedly arranged what he thought was going to be a sexual liaison with a 13-year-old girl he had met on the Internet. During an online chat (Dawson's Yahoo handle is 'biggoo76'), he 'exposed himself using a web cam and offered sex' to, of course, an undercover officer with the Mayflower Police Department, according to investigators.

After arranging to meet the girl, Dawson stopped at a Walmart to purchase condoms. When he arrived at the meeting location, Dawson was arrested by cops, who found the condoms and Google driving instructions to the meet-up spot in his vehicle. They also discovered that Dawson has the worst taste in message t-shirts (especially for someone plotting sex with a minor).

Dawson was named in a May 14 felony information charging him with Internet stalking of a child. (2 pages)