​ "Girl" Interrupted: Online teen was really cop in sex sting

PLACER COUNTY, Calif. - When 28-year-old Daniel Eugene Kirschner went to the parking lot of the Placer County Jail in Northern California Tuesday, authorities say he was expecting to meet up with a 13-year-old girl.

But instead, the man who thought he'd been corresponding online for months with a minor met with a surprise - police officers who arrested him, reports CBS Sacramento

Detectives say they had been chatting with Kirschner since Februrary, ever since he had placed an ad that he was looking for a girlfriend.

CBS Sacramento says an undercover detective responded to that ad, and that Kirschner continued to correspond with the "girl" even after she said she was only 13-years-old.

Kirschner reportedly agreed to meet up with the purported object of his desire Tuesday after the "girl" said she would be at the jail for a family friend's court appearance.

As soon as Kirschner showed up he was arrested, and was walked inside the jail on charges of communicating with a minor with the intent of committing a sexual act, and attempted lewd and lascivious acts with someone under 14.

Kirschner made bail and is due to be arraigned Aug. 4.