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Left: Jarred Easter. Right: Easter aft his apprehension successful Walton County, Florida, wherever helium allegedly tried to conscionable a 14-year-old societal media influencer for enactment (Walton County Sheriff's Office).
A Pennsylvania antheral allegedly traveled immoderate 1,000 miles to effort and conscionable a 14-year-old societal media influencer astatine her Florida location aft helium sent her nude photos and intimate messages.
Jarred Logan Easter, 29, stands accused of utilizing a machine to solicit intersexual enactment with a minor, transmitting harmful material, traveling to conscionable a insignificant to prosecute successful intersexual enactment and utilizing a two-way connection instrumentality to facilitate a felony, the Walton County Sheriff's Office said.
The connection described Easter arsenic having developed "a delusional online fixation" with the girl.
"This was a sick-minded idiosyncratic who convinced himself helium had a narration with a child," said Sheriff Michael Adkinson. "We are grateful the unfortunate ne'er saw his messages, and we are moving tirelessly to guarantee determination are nary different victims connected to this predator. Perverts who transverse authorities lines to people children volition find themselves successful handcuffs."
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Easter began sending the miss a bid of emails connected May 26 which included pictures of his genitals and described "what helium wanted to bash with her sexually," constabulary wrote successful a probable origin apprehension affidavit.
"U HAV TO TELL ME Where U ARE?? & I WILL BE THERE. CUZ U SEXY AS F—," Easter allegedly wrote successful the archetypal email.
Another connection allegedly read: "WE ARE SOOO GONNA GET TOGETHER? U SUH SEXY FRfr."
The suspect sent emails each time until June 10, erstwhile the victim's begetter learned of them and called the Walton County Sheriff's Office. Easter continued to nonstop emails, nary of which were responded to, cops said.
At immoderate point, Easter figured retired wherever the miss lived, constabulary say.
On Aug. 16, Easter allegedly showed up to the girl's location successful Florida's Panhandle aft making the 1,000-mile trek from his location extracurricular Philadelphia. He entered the driveway wherever helium identified himself arsenic "Jared" to the victim's father. Easter asked her begetter if helium could spot her.
"The victim's begetter told him nary and that she was conscionable a child," deputies wrote.
Her begetter recognized Easter from his photos and called the police, who showed up to the location but could not find Easter.
Cops arrested him connected Tuesday and helium remains successful the Walton County Jail connected a $250,000 bond.
Easter's adjacent tribunal day is scheduled for Sept. 16.
The sheriff's bureau gave tips to parents connected however to debar a concern similar this:
- Regularly show your child's online accounts and nonstop messages.
- Encourage children not to stock identifiable details specified arsenic schoolhouse names, neighborhoods, oregon predominant hangout spots.
- Use privateness settings to bounds who tin spot oregon remark connected your child's posts.
- Remind teens that followers are not friends—treat each enactment with caution.
- Report immoderate suspicious interaction instantly to instrumentality enforcement.
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