Tewksbury police arrested a 65-year-old Andover man after receiving evidence that he was having sexually explicit conversations online with a person he thought was a 13-year-old girl.
Police arrested David Espinola in his apartment without incident on June 12, and he was arraigned on one charge of enticement of a child under 16 in Lowell District Court on June 13. Prosecutors say an unnamed person forwarded evidence to police which showed he was making plans to meet with the girl.
As a condition of his release, Espinola was ordered to have no unsupervised contact with children. He is due back in court on July 8.
Andover News only publishes the names of people accused of felonies in its crime coverage. People charged with crimes are innocent until proven guilty. For more information, see our Mission and Policies page. Upon request, Andover News will remove names of people in crime stories once their case has been adjudicated. Contact us for more information.Â