On Wednesday April 26, 2017 as a result of an ongoing investigation, a 31 year-old Elmira man was arrested in Brantford and charged with Luring a Person under 18 years.
Investigation began on April 12, 2017 when the victim, a 14 year old Brantford girl reported to police an online incident that took place in January, 2017.
Information was received that the accused had sent a friend request” message to the victim’s Facebook account. The victim had never met or communicated with the accused up until this friend request message. The victim accepted the accused’s friend request message and they began texting (text based communication) on Facebook Messenger. The accused advised the victim that he is approximately 20 years old and the victim advised him that she was 14 years old.
After having a short and casual conversation