NORTH PLATTE - Investigators with the Nebraska State Patrol have arrested a North Platte man for allegedly arranging to have sex with a 15-year-old girl.

According to the NSP, The man used social media to arrange the meeting and traveled to Ogallala to meet the girl, however those communications were with an NSP investigator posing as a girl.

On Wednesday, investigators arrested 30-year-old Joshua Malsbury of North Platte, after he arrived in Ogallala for the meeting.

Malsbury was arrested on suspicion of enticement by electronic communication device.

The Nebraska State Patrol was assisted by the Ogallala Police Department in this operation.