Bus ticket helps police find teenager 'groomed to be a sex slave' by 30-year-old man

A US man has been arrested for allegedly soliciting a 13-year-old for sex, after police discovered a bus ticket in his name while searching the girl’s bedroom.

Kevin Dock, 30, is accused of grooming the teenager online, having met her through the Roleplay.me website in June and continuing the conversation on Google’s Handouts app.

According to Fox 13, the pair’s interactions allegedly included “extremely graphic sexual language” and the exchange of nude photographs.

Police also say the Tucson, Arizona native told the girl, who reportedly has mental health issues, that he wanted her to become his “sex slave and other stuff”.

Police say Dock instructed the girl to steal her grandmother’s credit card so she could buy a $200 Greyhound bus ticket from her home in Winter Haven, Florida to Tucson.

The Tampa Bay Times reports the 30-year-old became violent during interviews with detectives and threw a bottle of urine at them.

During a press conference, Sheriff Grady Judd said that following Dock’s arrest, authorities learned he lived with his parents and his wife, aged 37.

"We will chase people to the ends of the earth when they want to harm our children," he told reporters of Dock’s arrest.

"It’s simple. If he's not grooming and attacking the child here, he’s grooming and attacking the child someplace else.”

According to reports, the victim is currently safe and residing in a mental health centre.