Chicago man charged after soliciting undercover officer posing as teenage girl on messaging app
By FOX 32 Digital Staff
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CHICAGO - A 34-year-old Chicago man has been
Cook County Sheriff’s Police Special Victims Unit investigator posing as a teenage girl on a messaging app, officials said Thursday.
Juan Heredia was arrested after he traveled to meet a person he believed was a 15-year-old girl, according to the investigation.
Heredia first contacted the undercover officer who was posing as a teenage girl on the messaging app on Jan 29.
The undercover officer informed Heredia that the person he was communicating with was 15, but Heredia continued to send sexually explicit messages, officials said.