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Police Release Conversations Between Philly Man, Detectives Posing As Teen Girl In MontCo Police Release Conversations Between Philly Man, Detectives Posing As Teen Girl In MontCo
Police Release Conversations Between Philly Man, Detectives Posing As Teen Girl In MontCo Authorities in Montgomery County have released conversations between a 29-year-old Philadelphia man and undercover detectives, who he thought was actually a 14-year-old girl. Anthony Smith-Sturgis reached out to "the girl" on a social media app on Oct. 4, saying he wanted to meet "the queen behind the smile," and that he was a single dad, sous chef, and future massage therapist, according to exchanges in a criminal complaint released by the office of Montgomery County District Attorney Kevin R. Steele. Anthony Smith-Sturgis introduces himself to "the girl" on an app on Oct. 4.Montgomery…

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by Cecilia Levine
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NJ Man Who Thought He Was Meeting Child, 14, For Sex Busted By Undercover Agent NJ Man Who Thought He Was Meeting Child, 14, For Sex Busted By Undercover Agent
NJ Man Who Thought He Was Meeting Child, 14, For Sex Busted By Undercover Agent A 48-year-old Hudson County man who thought he was arranging sex with a 14-year-old child had actually been chatting with an undercover for months, and was taken into custody last week, authorities said. Dave J. Adamovic, of North Bergen, began chatting on various online platforms with the undercover detective -- whom he believed was a 14-year-old -- in October 2020, Somerset County Prosecutor Michael H. Robertson said Thursday. Adamovic’s chats became sexual in nature and, throughout the course of the investigation, made arrangements to meet the undercover detective with the intention…

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by Cecilia Levine