Strike Force Trawler: Man, 50, of The Entrance, charged with grooming child for sex
A man has been refused bail after being arrested by specialist child exploitation police at Tuggerah Train Station and charged with grooming a 14-year-old girl for sex.
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A man from The Entrance has been charged with allegedly using the internet to groom a child under 16 for sex.
Last month, detectives from the Child Abuse and Sex Crime Squad’s Child Exploitation Internet Unit (CEIU) began engaging online with a Central Coast man.
Police will allege in court the man believed he was speaking with a 14-year-old girl and engaged in sexually explicit conversations about acts he wished to perform on the child.
It will be further alleged that the man made arrangements to meet the child for sex.
Following extensive investigations, Strike Force Trawler detectives arrested a 50-year-old man at Tuggerah Train Station just before 10am on Thursday, June 30.
A short time later, investigators conducted a search at a home in The Entrance, where several electronic storage devices and other items were seized to undergo further examination.
The man was taken to Wyong Police Station and charged with using a carriage service to procure a child under 16 years for sexual activity.
He was refused bail to appear at Wyong Local Court on Friday where he was again refused bail to face court again on August 30.
Strike Force Trawler is an ongoing investigation by the CEIU into the sexual abuse and exploitation of children facilitated through the internet and related telecommunications devices.
Regular covert online investigations are conducted by the CEIU and police in NSW work closely with their law-enforcement colleagues interstate and overseas.
The Child Abuse and Sex Crimes Squad is comprised of detectives who are specially trained to investigate matters against children and adults, including sexual assault, serious physical abuse, and extreme cases of neglect.
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