MAN ACCUSED OF SOLICITING TEEN ONLINE

The Calhoun County Sheriffs Office CID (Criminal Investigations Division) arrested 24-year-old Jesse James Kaufman of Altha Oct. 10 on one count of solicitation of a child, which falls under the computer pornography statute and is a third degree felony.

On September 28, the Sheriff’s Office received a report from a concerned parent who resides in the city limits of Altha that Kaufman had been corresponding with his 15-year-old daughter via Facebook and was sending inappropriate messages.

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