http://www.ksdk.com/news/article/242894/147/Man-arrested-for-soliciting-sex-with-minors
Feb 7, 2011
By Frank Wiley
Columbia, IL (KSDK) - Columbia, Illinois police arrested 28-year-old Roy Browne last Friday. He's accused of soliciting sex from minors.
Police Chief Joe Edwards Joe Edwards said Browne used Facebook to connect with two boys, 15 and 16 years old. Edwards said Browne got their phone numbers from their pages online and began texting them sexually laced messages.
The 16-year-old told his mother what was going on, and they brought the issue to the attention of police. They then turned over a cell phone and a laptop to police.
Authorities set up a meeting with Browne at the library. They posed as the boys online, and once Browne approached the unmarked car, he was arrested.
"With the ability to access the internet and the ability to access Facebook, and knowing what we know that young kids put info out there that they shouldn't, and in reviewing Browne's Facebook account and seeing 1,512 friends, we're deeply concerned that a number of them are young juveniles," said Edwards.
The boys never had face-to-face contact with Browne; however, police fear he could've tried to reach more minors.
Browne has been charged with two counts of indecent solicitation of a child. He's being held in the Monroe County Jail on $10,000 bond.
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