An Illinois man is facing felony charges in Porter County after police say he traveled to meet someone he believed was a 13-year-old girl following a series of sexually explicit messages exchanged through a social media dating app.
According to a probable cause affidavit filed October 31, 2025, police were dispatched around 8 p.m. on October 30, 2025, to a location on Wind Jammer Way in Portage after receiving information from a group known as NWI Predator Catchers that a man was traveling there to meet with a person he believed to be a 13-year-old child.
When officers arrived, they located the suspect and identified him as Manpreet Goswami, 22, of Orland Park, Illinois, according to court records. Goswami told police he was there to meet a girl named “Anna,” whom he met through Facebook Dating, and said he believed she was 27 years old.
Police say Goswami consented to speak further at the police department. During a search before transport, officers reported finding a condom in his back pocket. Additional condoms and a bottle of Tito’s Vodka were found in his vehicle and backpack, court documents state.…