A Bristol man was arrested Friday after being charged with multiple federal child exploitation offenses, said U.S. attorney John H. Durham.
In a federal criminal complaint, it was alleged that Jeffrey Bacon, 60, began communicating with a 15-year-old girl in October 2018 through Kik, a messaging application.
Bacon began messaging the girl after meeting her in a chat group for teens.
“Knowing that she was a minor, Bacon still sent the girl sexually explicit pictures of himself and described various sexual acts that he wanted to engage in with the girl,” said Durham in a prepared statement.
The girl told her mother who then reported the communications to the police.
It is also alleged that on Oct. 30, 2018 a law enforcement officer assumed the girl’s Kik identity to continue correspondence with Bacon.
Thinking he was speaking to the girl, Bacon asked the undercover officer to remind him of her age.
The officer responded with “15.”
Between Oct. 30 and Nov. 1, Bacon repeatedly sent sexually explicit pictures and videos of himself to the undercover officer. He also requested sexually explicit pictures in return.
Bacon also suggested that he and the girl meet in person several times.
He asked the undercover agent if he could pick her up from school and offered to take her to the mall where she could try on clothes while he engaged in a sexual act.
He also discussed going to a motel so he could engage in sexual acts with her.
On Nov. 19, 2018 Bacon was arrested on related state charges.
It is alleged that a forensic examination found images of child pornography, including images depicting prepubescent females...
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