Police arrested Trost when he arrived at a location in order to meet and engage in sexual intercourse with the supposed 13-year-old female.
Mr. Trost is a fulltime firefighter for the Manteno, Illinois Fire Department.
Man arrested in Internet pedophile sex sting
May 29, 2009 (CRETE, Ill.) Michael Trost, 43, from Manteno, Illinois thought he was communicating with the girl when in reality he was communicating with a Crete police officer who is specially trained to combat indecent solicitations of children via the internet.
