Alleged 'Traveling' Predator From Texas Arrested

HARRISBURG - Attorney General Tom Corbett on Thursday announced that agents from the Attorney General's Child Predator Unit have arrested a Texas man accused of using Internet chat rooms to sexually proposition what he believed was a 13-year old girl, as well as flying from Texas to Pittsburgh to meet and have sex with the girl. The "girl" was actually an undercover agent from the Child Predator Unit using the online profile of a child.

Corbett identified the defendant as Billy Elvin Clark, 62, 1411 South 11th St., Merkel, Texas.

"With summer vacation season quickly approaching, it is important for parents to understand how quickly online predators will attempt to arrange meetings with children," Corbett said. "As this case demonstrates, some predators will travel great distances if they believe they have found a vulnerable child."

Corbett said that Clark allegedly used an Internet chat room in late March to make contact with an undercover agent. Clark initially asked the girl about school and friends, but later allegedly told her that he was looking for a "young girlfriend" and discussed traveling to Pittsburgh to meet her - offering to buy her a digital camera and sexy underwear and expressing a desire to "teach" her about sex.