BATON ROUGE — A Chinese citizen living in Baton Rouge on a student visa was indicted by a federal grand jury for trying to have a sexual relationship with someone whom he believed to be a teenage girl.

Shengjie Cheng, 32, was indicted for attempted enticement of a minor.

The U.S. Department of Justice said he is accused of using social media apps under the name "Marvellous Pirate" to try to convince someone he thought was a 15-year-old girl to have a sexual relationship at the end of March. 

The DOJ said Cheng pleaded not guilty at his arraignment.