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deputies arrest 3rd suspected pedophile only two weeks ---
42-year old Westland man had solicited 4 officers online
Livonia,
Michigan – The Wayne County Internet Crimes Unit, with
the assistance of the Livonia Police Department, yesterday
arrested its third suspected Internet pedophile in just two
weeks, Sheriff
Warren Evans announced today.
At approximately
3:30 p.m. Thursday afternoon, a 42-year old Westland man was
arrested in the parking lot of Laurel Park Mall in Livonia after
arriving for a meeting with a Sheriff’s Deputy he thought
was a 13-year old girl. Incredibly, the suspect had been actively
soliciting four different Sheriff’s Deputies online, each
of which he thought was an underage girl.
"While chatting
with one officer, the suspect would excuse himself for a few
minutes, while he switched to another chat room," Evans said.
"We may
recommend to the Prosecutor that this individual be brought up
on multiple charges," Evans said. "It's incredible
that a 42-year old would be soliciting sex from not one, but
four young girls, all of whom actually turned out to be sheriff’s
deputies."
According to
officers who made the arrest, the suspect was planning to pick
up the girl in his truck and "show her how to have sex" while
he played music from heavy metal rock group, AC/DC on the truck’s
stereo.
The suspect
will be arraigned either Friday, January 31st or Saturday, February
1st at 36th District Court in Detroit.
The arrest
is the third in the two weeks since Evans restablished the Internet
Unit, which was disbanded late last year by the previous administration.
Last week,
32-year old Christopher Hayes of Brighton was arraigned on three
counts of communicating with another on the Internet with intent
to commit a crime. The week prior, Farmington Hills resident
Scott Sellinger, 30, was charged with one count of the same crime.
If convicted
each could face up to 20 years in prison.
"Every
day, parents should remind their children: Don’t
chat with strangers," Evans said.
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