A suspected child predator is off the streets.

48-year-old Billy Williams of Knoxville, Tennessee was arrested after police say he went to a restaurant in Williamsburg, Kentucky to meet who he thought was a 12-year-old girl.
 
Instead, he was met by police and investigators with the Attorney General's Department of Criminal Investigations.

Williams was arrested and charged with unlawful transaction with a minor.

If convicted he could face 5 to 10 years in prison.

“This arrest was the result of collaboration between investigators at the state and local level,” said Attorney General Jack Conway.  “I appreciate the fact that, working together, we were able to execute this arrest and help keep Kentucky families safe.”

The Office of the Attorney General has arrested 29 men in three previous sexual-predator stings. 
  
27 cases have resulted in guilty verdicts or pleas. 
  
Two defendants are awaiting trial.
 

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