ALHAMBRA — Police have arrested a 29-year-old man who allegedly engaged in sex acts with a 15-year-old boy he met on the Internet, authorities said Saturday.
Ryan Daniel Carlson was booked on suspicion of three counts of child molestation and soliciting a child for sex over the Internet, Alhambra police Sgt. Joe Flannagan said in a written statement. Carlson’s city of residency was not available Saturday.
An officer spotted a vehicle about 10 p.m. Thursday parked in a secluded part of the parking lot at Story Park, 210 N. Chapel Avenue, the sergeant said.
“When the officer made contact with the occupants, he found a nude 29-year-old male (later identified as Carlson) and a 15-year-old male juvenile engaged in sexual activity,” according to the police statement.
According to sheriff’s booking records, Carlson was booked at the Alhambra Police Department Jail and released the following day after posting $75,000 bail.
Police said he is due in court for arraignment May 10 in Alhambra Superior Court.
Anyone who believed they may have been contacted by Carlson is asked to call the Alhambra Police Department at (626) 570-5168.

*PHOTO of Ryan Carlson courtesy of the Alhambra Police Department.