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A deputy press secretary with the U.S. Department of Homeland Security was arrested Tuesday night and charged with trying to “seduce” a 14-year-old Polk County girl over the Internet, sheriff’s officials said.

Brian J. Doyle, 55, didn’t know he was communicating with an undercover Polk County sheriff’s detective, officials said.

Tampa Trib reports it this way

A Department of Homeland Security press secretary was arrested this evening on charges that he was using a computer to seduce a child.

Brian Doyle, 50, was arrested at 7:45 p.m. in his Silver Springs, Maryland home on 23 charges related to the use of a computer to seduce a child and transmitting harmful materials to a minor after a joint investigation by the Polk County Sheriff’s office, Florida State Attorney Jerry Hill’s office and the Department of Homeland Security.

When we hear more …

Late Update: What’s weird — well, one of the things that’s weird — about this story is that it only appears to have been reported by two news outlets, both in Florida. And both in the last hour. Had it only been one I would have held off linking. But it’s been reported both by the Lakeland Ledger and the Tampa Tribune in separately reported, separately bylined stories. So I don’t think there’s any chance that this is just a prank or a misidentification. I still find it more than passing strange that there’s no more pick-up.

Even Later Update: Yep, it’s everywhere now. We just picked it up early.

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