Jeremy Brown charged with child grooming after Riverwood arrest
A Sydney man who allegedly sent sexual comments to undercover cops posing as a young girl has been charged. Watch the arrest.
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Sex crimes detectives investigating the online activities of a man have charged him with child grooming offences.
Detectives assumed the online identity of a girl in June and allege Jeremy Brown made several sexually explicit comments.
Arrangements were allegedly made for a meeting to take place in the Riverwood area.
On Thursday morning, police arrested 33-year-old Brown at Riverwood.
He was taken to St George Police Station, where he was charged with seven counts of using a carriage service to send indecent material to a person under 16.
The man was refused bail to appear in Parramatta Local Court on Friday.
He was subsequently refused bail after concerns he would commit a serious offence and endanger the safety of alleged victims or the community.
He is next due to face Sydney Local Court on August 27.
Detectives under Strike Force Trawler charged Brown.
The strike force was formed under the state crime command’s sex crimes squad child exploitation internet unit into the sexual abuse and exploitation of children facilitated through the internet and related telecommunications devices.
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