A man from Round Mountain who was already a registered sex offender has been arrested in a sting operation targeting child predators. Through the month of March, Shasta County Sheriff’s Detectives posed online as children. They say 39-year-old Joshua Anthony Levan started communicating with someone he thought was 13-years-old. An arrest warrant was issued and arrangements were made for a meeting. Levan reportedly showed up Thursday at the meeting place intending to have sex with the child. He was booked into jail and a search warrant was served at his home on Terry Mill Road. His children were placed into temporary custody by the county.
-Steve Gibson