Herald reports

MARYSVILLE – Another Marysville man has been arrested in a sex sting.

On Sept. 27, detectives received an inquiry from a 35-year-old Marysville man who reportedly believed he was texting a 17-year-old girl.

He allegedly offered to pay $100 and provide marijuana for the girl to have sex with him and his girlfriend.

He was arrested a short time later leaving a motel room on his way to a fast-food restaurant where he’d allegedly agreed to meet the fictitious teen.

He’d been released from prison Aug. 21 after serving a term for drug possession and violating a domestic-violence court order, according to the state Department of Corrections. He’s being held on $50,000 bail in the Snohomish County Jail in Everett.

He was arrested for investigation of commercial sex abuse of a minor, a felony.

The arrest occurred after eight people were arrested, including a 26-year-old Marysville man, in a sex sting just days earlier. That story appeared nationally.

“They (detectives) were surprised,” sheriff’s spokeswoman Shari Ireton said. “It’s all part of that you couldn’t make this up if you tried.”