A 55-year-old Glen Carbon man was charged July 28 with indecent solicitation of a child and traveling to meet a minor, both Class 3 felonies; and solicitation to meet a child and grooming, both Class 4 felonies.
The Glen Carbon Police Department presented the case to prosecutors.
According to court documents, on July 27 the man solicited someone he believed was a 15-year-old boy for sex; traveled to meet the person he believed was a 15-year-old boy; used an electronic device to arrange the meeting at the corner of Cougar Drive and Northbay Court in Glen Carbon; and used an electronic device to “seduce, solicit, lure or entice” the person he believed was a 15-year-old boy…