SYCMU: Hitch-hiked from Washington

You may find this really, really, really, really hard to believe, but the man in this picture may not be the upright gentleman you would think from his picture. In fact, Ohio police have arrested this man -- one Christopher Barnhill -- for soliciting a 14-year-old girl for sex on the Internet.

I know, I know -- he doesn't fit our age-old Ned Flanders notions of a dweeby pederast, but looks can be deceiving. Barnhill (and this detail is pricelessly pathetic) apparently hitch-hiked from Washington State to an Ohio truck stop, then called her from a nearby Kroger -- surprise! -- to see if she would meet him. That, fortunately, is when mom caught wind of the scheme.

The story itself, of course, is just evil and not nearly unusual enough. But because of this picture, I have to put this one in the "Stuff You Can't Make Up" file.

Toledo Blade: Wash. state man held in attempt to meet B.G. girl