LAS CRUCES, N.M. -- Las Cruces police arrested a man for allegedly soliciting minors online.

Michael Thurlo, 21, faces numerous charges, including 12 counts of criminal sexual exploitation of a child and criminal sexual communication of a child.

Local investigators said he used MySpace.com to meet a 13-year-old girl in California and a 14-year-old girl in Arizona.

They also learned that Thurlo met the 14-year old in person when she visited family in December 2009.

His was bond was set at $85,000.