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DC Authority: Metro employee arrested in Knoxville trying to meet underage girl

Christopher A. Riggins, 53, of Laurel, Md., faces a felony charge of solicitation of a minor – aggravated statutory rape, according to a Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority release
Source: Knox County Sheriff's Office

A Washington DC Metro Transit employee was arrested in Knoxville and charged with scheming to meet an underage girl -- in actuality a Knoxville police officer posing online as a teen.

Christopher A. Riggins, 53, of Laurel, Md., faces a felony charge of solicitation of a minor – aggravated statutory rape, according to a Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority release.

Riggins, arrested Sept. 14, has been fired as a result. The Washington Post reported that Riggins was an engineering technician for the transit authority.

While on a business trip in East Tennessee, Riggins "allegedly used a Metro-issued electronic device to arrange to meet with an individual he believed to be a 15-year-old girl" for sex, according to the transit authority.

Riggins actually was communicating with an undercover Knoxville Police Department investigator.

He was arrested at the place -- not identified -- where he thought he'd meet the girl, according to Metro Area Transit.

Riggins was put on leave, and after an administrative review he was fired, according to the transit authority.

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