7-12-23 10:50 A.M. UPDATE – Reports this morning say Erickson was granted $5,000 bail and ordered to home confinement with an ankle monitor. 

UNION, N.Y. (WHCU) – A school principal in Broome County is facing charges after an investigation into ‘suspicious behavior involving a minor.’

Investigators with the Broome County Sheriff’s Office arrested 55-year-old Daniel Erickson, of Greene, on Friday, July 7, 2023. Authorities say the Johnson City Middle School principal communicated with a 16-year-old girl on Snapchat for at least one week and acted in a way that indicated he wished to engage in sexual activity. They were alerted to the situation on July 5, 2023.

Erickson agreed to meet with the student in a remote location with the intention of engaging in sexual relations but was met by detectives when he arrived. Erickson is charged with felony luring a child, and misdemeanor attempted rape. He is being held in Broome County Jail without bail. The investigation is ongoing.