Former Red Sox pitcher arrested in Florida in an underage sex sting, sheriff says
Former Boston Red Sox pitcher Austin Maddox has been arrested in Florida as part of an underage sex sting
JACKSONVILLE, Fla. (AP) — Former Boston Red Sox pitcher Austin Maddox was arrested in Florida as part of an underage sex sting, authorities announced Monday.
Maddox was one of 27 people arrested as part of a multi-agency operation late last month, Jacksonville Sheriff T.K. Waters said. They are accused of soliciting sex over the internet from people who they believed were children, officials said.
Maddox, 33, began communicating with an undercover agent pretending to be an underage girl on April 28, an arrest report said. He expressed his intent to have sex with the girl even after she told him that she was 14, officials said.
Maddox agreed to meet the girl at a pre-arranged location, where he was arrested by law enforcement officers, authorities said.
