TITUSVILLE, Fla. -- State Representative Bob Allen was arrested Wednesday for allegedly soliciting an undercover officer. The representative for Brevard County was arrested at a Titusville park.

According to police, Allen was arrested at 3:30pm at Veteran's Park along Broad Street in Titusville. Officers with the Titusville Police Department's Crime Suppression Unit noticed a car, Allen's leased Toyota Avalon, going back and forth near the park.

Three undercover officers, police said, watched him go into the bathroom three times. One of the undercover officers then went into the bathroom and into a stall. Allen allegedly started talking to the officer through the door of the stall.

Police said Allen offered the officer $20 for oral sex. When the undercover officer and Allen left the bathroom, officers arrested Allen. According to police, they did not know at the time that he was a state legislator.

While being led from the Titusville Police Department, Allen called the charges a "very bad mistake" and said he was at the park because he had helped build it and has a strong interest in it.

Allen was taken to the Brevard County jail on charges of second-degree misdemeanor solicitation of prostitution.

Allen is a Republican from Merritt Island who was elected in 2000. He is married and has a daughter. Allen is the chairman of the state's Energy Committee and serves on the Natural Resources Council.

The Governor's office was notified, but has not commented.