Teen helps police nab online predator

NASHUA -- A local teenager helped police catch a Londonderry man who was trying to lure a young girl over the Internet for sex.

Police said Andrew Farrington, 21, was communicating with a 13-year-old girl over Facebook and Myspace for approximately two months.

Farrington had arranged to meet with the girl whom he had propositioned for sex, police said. Then the girl told her friend about the incident, who then set up a sting.  

"He set up a meeting at the residence across the street from his own home and when the defendant showed up, he contacted the police department," said Lt. Jeffrey Bukunt of the Nashua Police Dept.

Farrington didn't stick around long enough for police to grab him on the spot, but police got a warrant based on the young man's description of Farrington and his car.

Farrington was arrested Monday on a warrant charging him with prohibited use of computer services, a felony punishable by up to seven years in prison.

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