New York man indicted for online enticement of teen

David Singleton, The Times-Tribune, Scranton, Pa.
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Feb. 25—A federal grand jury indicted a Utica, New York, man accused of traveling to Scranton to have sex with a teenage girl last fall.

The indictment handed up Tuesday charged Joan Perez, 20, with online enticement of a minor to engage in sexual activity and interstate travel with the intent to engage in sex with a minor.

Perez was initially arrested in November after city police say he sent the 13-year-old explicit messages via Snapchat and told her numerous times he wanted to have sex.

Using the girl's online profile, the teenager's father invited Perez to meet her, according to police, who arrested him when he arrived in the city.

— DAVID SINGLETON