Richard James Ahmed of 210 Michelangelo Way in Cary was charged last year after a sting operation. A Raleigh police detective posed as a minor, according to indictments. Police accused Ahmed of arranging a meeting at Crabtree Valley Mall with a person he thought was a 14-year-old girl. The meeting did not occur. But the two again made plans to meet, and Ahmed sent her a link to an adult pornography Web site, according to a search warrant. Ahmed later arrived at Laurel Hills Park on Edwards Mill Road, where police approached him.

Ahmed was a co-owner of Dream Sports Center on Investment Boulevard in Apex, a place with indoor soccer fields, roller hockey rinks and other sports facilities.

A judge last week accepted a guilty plea from Ahmed and sentenced him to 60 months of supervised probation and five weekends in jail. He must register as a sex offender and cannot have contact with a child younger than 16 unless an adult is present.