Professional golfer Dan Bowling was arrested for sexting a person posing as a 15-year-old girl.
Bowling, 26, had been chatting up a detective acting as a teen online since April with conversations that âturned sexual in nature within the first 24 hours and intensified quickly,â Florida police said.
The âdangerous online predatorâ was arrested Thursday in Orlando âas he arrived to meet up with the decoy,â police reportedly said.
The Canadian linksman was charged with obscene communication, traveling to meet with a minor and attempted lewd and lascivious molestation, according to People magazine.
Daniel Bowling in his current official PGA Tour headshot US PGA TOUR
âUnfortunately, there are potentially hundreds of predators like Mr. Bowling online,â Jennifer Wing of the Internet Crimes Against Children Task Force reportedly said.
âI hope news of todayâs arrest encourages parents to be more proactive in monitoring their childrenâs lives online.â
Dan Bowling was labeled a âdangerous online predatorâ by cops. Orlando Police Department
Let’s put this guy in the ‘Dumb Ass Hall of Fame.’ Geez.