Ontario County Sheriff Kevin Henderson reported the arrest on Friday (4/19) at 1:40 p.m. of Nicholas P. Heberle, age 29, of 5987 Slocum Road in the Town of Ontario.

Heberle was charged with Attempted Rape in the 2nd Degree. The arrest is the result of a co-investigation between the Ontario County Sheriffs Office and Canandaigua Police Department involving the use of an undercover police officer posing as a 14 year old girl on a messaging app.

Over the course of the past several days, Heberle communicated via the app with the undercover officer that had identified themselves as a 14 year old female from Canandaigua. While messaging, what he believed to be a 14 year old female, Heberle stated that he wanted to have sexual intercourse with them and described various sex acts over several days.

Heberle was arrested in the Town of Victor after he contacted the officer via the messaging app and asked them to meet him.

He was transported to the Ontario County jail for pre-arraignment, arraigned and remanded to jail.