Overview
- Officers arrested 51-year-old Maximiliano Buitrago at Harvey Oyer Park after he arrived for a meeting he had arranged with an undercover detective who posed as a 14-year-old; the arrest took place July 16.
- Detectives say the contact began when the undercover account posted a babysitting ad online and that Buitrago repeatedly acknowledged the girl’s age while offering cash for videos.
- Investigators seized the phone used in the text exchanges and found advertising cards in his vehicle that match flyers reported near a Boca Raton middle school earlier this year.
- Buitrago was booked on charges of solicitation to commit human trafficking and unlawful use of a two-way communications device and is being held in the Palm Beach County jail.
- Police urge anyone who received a similar card or exchanged messages with the listed number to call Boynton Beach PD Detective Joseph at 561-742-6158 as the probe continues and more victims may be identified.