Five felony charges have been filed in Santa Barbara County Superior Court against a Guadalupe man accused of trying to meet with a minor with the intent to engage in sexual acts. 

On Tuesday evening, Santa Maria police detectives conducted an operation that led to the arrest of a suspect in arranging via social media to meet with someone he believed to be a 14-year-old girl, police Sgt. Daniel Rios said. 

Detectives arrested Christopher Alexis Correa, 26, of Guadalupe in a parking lot after he arrived for the meeting, Rios added. 

Correa was booked into the Santa Barbara County Jail on charges related to arranging and meeting a minor with the intent to engage in sexual acts. 

On Thursday, the Santa Barbara County District Attorney’s Office filed a criminal complaint charging Correa with five felony counts. 

He faces two counts of sending harmful or obscene material with intent to seduce a minor plus three counts of contacting a minor with intent to commit a sexual offense.

The incidents reportedly occurred in March and June, according to the criminal complaint.

Correa was scheduled to make his first appearance on Thursday for an arraignment hearing in Superior Court in Santa Maria.