CHICAGO (Sun-Times Media Wire) -
A 46-year-old Orland Township firefighter thought he was sending sexy internet messages, including video of himself naked, to a 13-year-old girl from Iowa, Cook County prosecutors said Thursday.
But Dean Milenkovic was actually chatting online with an undercover investigator in February and March, Sun-Times Media is reporting.
Milenkovic, of Orland Park, was charged with felony grooming after sending naked photos and a sex video to the chatter he believed was a young girl.
Judge Terence B. Smith set Milenkovic's bond at $30,000 Thursday morning and banned him from using the Internet, Cook County State's Attorney's office spokesman Andy Conklin said.
Milenkovic, of 11220 Marley Brook Ct., identified himself in the Yahoo chat room as a 43-year-old from Joliet and asked the "girl" to join him in a private chat, prosecutors said at the hearing.
He asked her for a photo, then sent two of himself. In the first, he wore a T-shirt and baseball cap, in the second he was naked.
Identifying himself as "Dean" on March 8, Milenkovic sat in a chair in front of a computer, naked from the waist down and masturbated, and asked his partner to help him. After he was done masturbating, he held up a shot glass to prove it, prosecutors said.
Video showed that about a week later, he chatted again with the investigator he thought was "13/f/Iowa" about sex, again using a shot glass.
On April 12, police were told Milenkovic had reached out again to his chat partner, wanting to see her body and set up a meeting.
Questioned by police, Milenkovic identified himself in the video chat, prosecutors said, and said he knew his online partner was 13.
The Orland Township Fire Protection District could not be reached immediately for comment. Neither could Milenkovic. A message left at his home Thursday afternoon was not returned.
