A man has been charged with indecent solicitation of a child after he repeatedly sent sexually explicit messages and photos to a 15-year-old girl, according to prosecutors.
Eric Gultney, 38, initially made contact with the girl as she walked home from school in Chicago on Oct. 24, giving the girl a $50 bill with his phone number written on it.
He began texting her that night, then sent numerous sexually explicit messages and photographs, including one with his face visible, according to prosecutors.
The girl blocked Gultney’s phone number after he requested to meet her that night, prosecutors said. On Nov. 2, Gultney went to the girl’s school and approached her as she was leaving, giving her $20 even though she “remained dismissive” of him, according to prosecutors.
He then began texting her from a different phone number that night and the girl told him to leave her alone, prosecutors said.
Chicago police were notified by the girl’s father when he discovered the text messages on his daughter’s phone. Prosecutors said Gultney admitted to detectives that he sent a sexually explicit photo to the girl.
He was charged with indecent solicitation of a child, a Class Two felony. Judge Sophia Atcherson ordered Gultney held on $10,000 bail and kept on electronic monitoring/
