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Convicted sex offender arrested after placing Craigslist ad

SEATTLE, Sept. 26 (UPI) -- A man drew the attention of Seattle police with a too-personal Craigslist advertisement, and was arrested for a child prostitution-related crime, police said.

Under a headline, "Racist needs to get laid," in Craigslist's "Casual Encounters" section, the ad -- allegedly composed by Lawrence Leggett, convicted of attempted child molestation and a related sex crime in 2010 -- reads: "Can't help it, I'm a racist.... I'd call myself a white supremacist if it weren't for the fact that I don't like those people either. I guess I just don't like anybody. That said, I still want to get laid."

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Posing online as a 15-year-old cheerleader, a Seattle police detective contacted Leggett Sept. 18. After they arranged to meet for sex, Leggett was arrested in a sting operation by the unidentified detective who arrested him in 2010, seattlypi.com reported.

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