COLUMBIA, S.C. - A Charlotte, N.C., man is the first person to have charges brought against him under a new South Carolina law that makes it a crime to stalk or entice a child on the Internet.

Donald Louis Brink, 32, has been charged with three counts of criminal solicitation of a minor, according to the state attorney general's office.

At least three times, Brink used the Internet and telephone to try and get what he thought was a 13-year-old girl to have sex with him, according to arrest warrants.

The girl was actually a State Law Enforcement Division agent.

Brink could face a maximum of 10 years in prison and a $5,000 fine on each count if convicted. There is no minimum sentence.

The bill, supported by Attorney General Henry McMaster and signed by Gov. Mark Sanford in April, increased the maximum penalties for all obscenity offenses involving minors. It also closed a loophole where suspects could try and claim they knew they were talking to a police officer posing as a minor instead of someone under age.