DEERFIELD BEACH, Fla. – A 46-year-old Deerfield Beach man’s joke about going to jail actually turned out to be a prediction after he arranged a sex meetup with who he thought was a 14-year-old girl, according to an arrest report.
Alfred Richard Mazzo Jr., an auto detailer originally from Brooklyn, made the initial connection with an undercover detective as 35-year-old ”Burst_Window” on social media, records show.
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Mazzo asked the undercover officer who had identified as a minor in South Florida to “hang out,” adding, “I’ve never hung out with someone your age it’s kinda hot,” and while he peppered her with compliments, he got even more aggressive, records show.
“Ill pick you up,” he wrote, “I have a toy in my car,” and wear “a skirt or a dress” — and even went as far as suggesting that she “tell her mom that she was going with her friend to look at dresses for a wedding,” public records of the communication that include sexual details and photos show.
Mazzo later wrote, “WELL THINK OF SOMETHING GOOD ILL GO TO JAIL LOL,” before the two agreed to a May 10 meeting at a gas station in Broward County, records show. Detectives were waiting and found him driving a black Mazda6, and in possession of condoms, according to the report.
Mazzo’s apology on the record: “I’m sorry for the misunderstanding, I thought it was roll (sic) play.”
During questioning, Mazzo told detectives he thought the person he was meeting was between the ages of 18 and 21, and even though the evidence showed otherwise, he claimed that all the sexual ideas he was introducing to the undercover officer who identified as a minor were just roleplay, records show.
Detectives and prosecutors didn’t buy it, and Mazzo is facing charges in Broward County of traveling to meet a minor for the purpose of sexual conduct and using a computer to solicit a child. He was out on bond Friday.