HOUSTON -- An investigation stemming from a Local 2 Trouble Shooters undercover report on online predators results in charges, the station reported Thursday.

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Last February, the Trouble Shooters posed online as a 13-year-old Houston girl.

They entered several different chat rooms listed on both Yahoo and AOL. It didn't take long for Houston adult men to talk sex with them. Dozens went even further and sent private messages where they talked one on one. Then, some arranged to meet in person.

But instead of finding the young girl they thought they were chatting with online, these men found the Local 2 Trouble Shooters with cameras rolling.

The day after that report, law officers began investigating every man who knocked at the door.

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Now, Texas Rangers have made the first arrest -- Jake Matthew Clawson, 24, of Webster.

In February, Clawson sent the Trouble Shooters his picture and asked, "So, are you still a virgin?"

Then, he was among several of the men who said they would bring beer to meet the 13-year-old for sex.

When Texas Rangers started investigating Clawson, they said they discovered that his past online chatting led him to real sex meetings he had with two girls. Both girls told the Rangers about those sexual encounters.

A grand jury indicted Clawson on two felony child sex charges.

"Obviously, anytime you're dealing with someone who's seeking juveniles, it's satisfaction, due to the arrest was made and that the grand jury saw enough there to indict. So, yes, it's one less individual we have to worry about doing those types of things," said Sgt. David Rainwater, with the Texas Rangers.

Dr. Barbara Levinson counsels sex offenders and she's not surprised that police say they have found real victims because of the Trouble Shooter's investigation.

She said most men who look for underage sex online usually have quite a routine.

"It happens very fast. And the escalation can happen very fast," Levinson said. "They get them to be their friends and then they can get into very sexually explicit talk. And that's also part of the grooming. There remain men on the Internet that have done this over and over again and haven't gotten caught."

As for Clawson, he went before a judge and is free after posting a $20,000 bail.