Christopher Scott Townsend, 30 of Hiram,  was arrested in Rome after reports said he made computer contact with someone he believed to be under the age of 16 in order to engage in sexual actives.

Reports said that he was taken into custody at an arranged meeting spot in Rome where he was to perform the sexual acts with the child.

Townsend is charged with aggravated child molestation, use of computer service to solicit a child to commit a felony and obscene internet contact with a child.