VIRIGNIA BEACH, Va. - A former Ball State University volleyball player was caught in an Internet sex sting, according to a report by WTKR-TV in Virginia Beach, Va .
Detectives charged Joshua Zuidema with soliciting "sexual activity" from a 12-year-old girl he met in a Yahoo! chat room.-áThe "girl" was a Virginia Beach police detective. -á
The search-warrant affidavit says Zuidema used the screen name "swnghtr" - a abbreviated volleyball term-á- to set up a meeting with the girl.
The affidavit says Zuidema confessed during his arrest June 30 to "using a personal computer at his residence ... to communicate sexually to an undercover detective." -á
Police seized a computer from the home of Zuidema's parents, according to the search warrant.
Zuidema ended his college career in 2003 after a two-year stint at Ball State.
He is charged with three felonies for his use of the computer and his conversations with the undercover detective. He also faces a marijuana charge, according to the WTKR-TV report.
"Josh was a good player in our program," coach Joel Walton told the Daily News. "He was a good teammate. I'm shocked that something like this would happen."
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