BLOOMINGTON, Ind. (WISH) — An Indiana University economics department director was arrested Thursday in Bloomington on a preliminary charge of child solicitation following an undercover sting operation in Florida, the Bloomington Police Department said.

Capt. Ryan Pedigo of Bloomington police said in an email to News 8 that James K. Self, 61, was taken into custody during a morning traffic stop. He faces a low-level felony charge.

Investigators in Florida had linked Self to an October undercover operation where officers posed as a 14-year-old boy to identify online predators. The investigation involved the Bloomington Police Department and the Okaloosa County Sheriff’s Office in Shalimar, Florida. That county is on the coast o...