New York, December 10 (ANI): A man, who had allegedly been stalking and harassing R&B superstar Ashanti and her family, has been arrested.

New York authorities have said Devar Hurd sent 30 sexual messages, some of which suggested him masturbating thinking of the singer, her mom and sisters.

The man from Indiana is charged with first “sexting” Ashanti’s mother, Tina Douglas, of Glen Cove LI.

“Hey Tina baby, how u doing sexy,” the New York Post quoted him as saying in a text message on Tina’s phone.

He added: “Tell Shani I’m coming straight home from work to put in sum overtime. U know how I do, LOL.”

He even sent the celebrity’s mother a picture of his exposed genitals with the message, which went: “Here’s a pic I had laying around for the ladies in sum of my birthday suit lol.”

In the third message Hurd allegedly forwarded the mom a picture of a car belonging to her 29-year-old singer-actress daughter.

And, he wrote: “Shani baby I saw U parked yesterday when I showed up to the Wiz,” he allegedly says in that text, from June, going on to graphically describe masturbating to a video of one of the star’s concert performances.

Prosecutors have offered Hurd one-year sentence in exchange for a guilty plea.

However, Hurd intends to go on trial next week on misdemeanor charges of stalking and aggravated harassment, according to his lawyer, Richard Verchick.

The lawyer described him as “in the music business - I’m not exactly sure what. Producing, semi-producing - in some sort of music capacity.”

Meanwhile, Hurd remains at Rikers Island in lieu of 50,000-dollar bail. (ANI)