{"id":120718,"date":"2026-01-16T16:16:10","date_gmt":"2026-01-16T16:16:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/120718\/"},"modified":"2026-01-16T16:16:10","modified_gmt":"2026-01-16T16:16:10","slug":"port-st-lucie-man-arrested-in-boynton-beach-for-attempting-to-meet-a-minor","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/120718\/","title":{"rendered":"Port St. Lucie man arrested in Boynton Beach for attempting to meet a minor"},"content":{"rendered":"

\n\t\t\t\t\t\tThe Boynton Beach Police Department arrested a Port St. Lucie man who they say traveled to meet someone he believed was a 15\u2011year\u2011old boy. Stay up to date: The latest headlines and weather from WPBF 25According to the arrest report, 59\u2011year\u2011old Robert Zdanowski began talking with an undercover detective on the Grindr app. The officer was posing as a teenage boy and repeatedly stated he was 15. Police say Zdanowski continued the conversations for days, describing sexual acts and arranging a meetup with the boy. Detectives say Zdanowski drove to Intracoastal Park in Boynton Beach on Jan. 15, where officers took him into custody. They say he had condoms in his pocket and a tube containing several Xanax pills. He told officers the pills were prescribed but he could not provide proof.Police say Zdanowski later admitted to the communications and confirmed he came to the park to meet the teen for sex. He is charged with traveling to meet a minor, solicitation of a minor, unlawful use of a two\u2011way communication device and possession of a controlled substance. Get the latest weather updates with the WPBF 25 News app. You can download it here.\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n

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The Boynton Beach Police Department arrested a Port St. Lucie man who they say traveled to meet someone he believed was a 15\u2011year\u2011old boy. <\/p>\n

Stay up to date: The latest headlines and weather from WPBF 25<\/a><\/p>\n

According to the arrest report, 59\u2011year\u2011old Robert Zdanowski began talking with an undercover detective on the Grindr app. The officer was posing as a teenage boy and repeatedly stated he was 15. Police say Zdanowski continued the conversations for days, describing sexual acts and arranging a meetup with the boy. <\/p>\n

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Detectives say Zdanowski drove to Intracoastal Park in Boynton Beach on Jan. 15, where officers took him into custody. They say he had condoms in his pocket and a tube containing several Xanax pills. He told officers the pills were prescribed but he could not provide proof.<\/p>\n

Police say Zdanowski later admitted to the communications and confirmed he came to the park to meet the teen for sex. <\/p>\n

He is charged with traveling to meet a minor, solicitation of a minor, unlawful use of a two\u2011way communication device and possession of a controlled substance. <\/p>\n

Get the latest weather updates with the WPBF 25 News app. You can download it here<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The Boynton Beach Police Department arrested a Port St. Lucie man who they say traveled to meet someone…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":120719,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[12],"tags":[14837,16432,18275,166,60506,7024,1224,132,171,173,2244,172,60504,60508,60507,60505,221,189],"class_list":["post-120718","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-port-st-lucie","tag-boy","tag-boynton-beach","tag-conversation","tag-day","tag-intracoastal-park","tag-jan","tag-officer","tag-police","tag-port-st-lucie","tag-port-st-lucie-headlines","tag-port-st-lucie-man","tag-port-st-lucie-news","tag-robert-zdanowski","tag-several-xanax-pill","tag-tube","tag-undercover-detective","tag-weather","tag-wpbf"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/120718","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=120718"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/120718\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/120719"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=120718"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=120718"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=120718"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}