A 26-year-old Ewing man was arrested Monday evening by Franklin County Sheriff’s deputies and is facing four charges, including two charges of grooming.
Nicholas A. Price was taken into custody at his rural Ewing home after deputies executed a search warrant at the residence. Price is facing two Class 4 felony charges of grooming and two Class A misdemeanor charges of distributing harmful material to a minor.
According to Illinois Compiled Statutes, a person commits grooming when they knowingly use a computer, the Internet or any device capable of storing and distributing electronic data “to seduce, solicit, lure, or entice, a child, a child’s guardian, or another person believed by the person to be a child or a child’s guardian, to commit any sex offense as defined in Section 2 of the Sex Offender Registration Act.” A child is considered to be any person under the age of 17 years old.
Bond was set at $50,000 for Price. He posted $5,000 bail (10 percent) and was released.
Franklin County Sheriff Dave Bartoni said the investigation involving Price is ongoing and emphasized that other arrests are possible.
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