Cops: Texas man had sexual conversations with 13-year-old girl
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WHEATON, Ill. (Sun-Times Media Wire) -
A Texas man is being held on $250,000 bond for having sexually explicit conversations with a west suburban girl, according to prosecutors.
Rudolph Figueroa, 45, of Corpus Christi, was charged June 13 with one count of grooming for having sexually explicit conversations with a 13-year-old Downers Grove girl he met online, according to the DuPage County State's Attorney's office.
Figueroa waived extradition and was brought to Illinois on Sunday. On Monday, DuPage County Judge James Orel set bond at 250,000, according to a release from the state's attorney's office.
Figueroa exchanged sexually explicit text messages and spoke to the girl several times from March 21 through June 2. He met the girl after responding to YouTube videos she posted,though he knew she was only 13, prosecutors allege.
"There is no doubt that advances in technology have changed the way we communicate ... But this technology also allows for anonymity that child sexual predators use to their advantage," State's Attorney Robert Berlin said in a statement. "Someone who says they are a 15-year-old boy or girl may in reality be a child sexual predator looking for their next victim."
Additional charges are possible, the release said.
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