BELLMEAD, Texas (KWTX) - A Bellmead man remains free on bond after Lacy Lakeview police say he tried to solicit a sexual encounter with a 15-year-old girl.

Devon Damon Lira, 23, was arrested Monday on a third-degree felony charge of online solicitation of a minor in a Lacy Lakeview police sting in which a detective posed as a teenage girl in an online conversation with Lira.

According to an arrest affidavit, the investigator said he assumed an online persona of a 15-year-old girl on various social media platforms "with the intent of directed enforcement of online child exploitation offenses."Lira messaged the person he thought was the girl about 7 a.m. Monday "while carrying on a casual conversation," the affidavit alleges.