Cassville man federally indicted on child sex charges
Norman
November 12, 2014
Charlea Mills
A Cassville man who was arrested for attempting to pick up a 12-year old girl for sex last month has been indicted on three counts as determined by a federal grand jury on Tuesday, November 4. The new charges replace the initial criminal complaint filed by Barry County Prosecuting Attorney Johnnie Cox against Norman for attempted statutory rape in the 1st degree.
Chase Norman, 23, was initially arrested during a sting operation by the Southwest Missouri Cyber Crimes Task Force and the Purdy Police Department after the girl’s mother approached the police department about inappropriate exchanges between Norman and her daughter.
The indictment charges that Norman used a minor to produce child pornography between September 21 and October 10, 2014, as well as two counts of using the Internet and a cell phone to induce a minor to engage in illicit sexual activity.
Norman and the underage girl interacted through Facebook and a messaging app called Kik on the girl’s iPod. After an investigation began, officers used her iPod as part of a sting operation to arrange a meeting between the victim and Norman. Norman believed he was meeting up with the girl to take her to his apartment for a sexual encounter. Officers arrested him when he arrived at the meeting location.
Once in custody, Norman was interviewed by the Purdy Police Department, and he admitted that he was planning to take the child for sex and that he had exchanged nude photos with her over the past few weeks. He also admitted to meeting with a 14 year-old girl in Monett and having sexual contact with her in 2013. The photos of the girl were still on his cell phone.
The federal case is being prosecuted by Assistant U.S. Attorney Patrick Carney. He was investigated by Immigration and Custom Enforcement’s (ICE) Homeland Security Investigations (HSI).
Charlea Mills
A Cassville man who was arrested for attempting to pick up a 12-year old girl for sex last month has been indicted on three counts as determined by a federal grand jury on Tuesday, November 4. The new charges replace the initial criminal complaint filed by Barry County Prosecuting Attorney Johnnie Cox against Norman for attempted statutory rape in the 1st degree.
Chase Norman, 23, was initially arrested during a sting operation by the Southwest Missouri Cyber Crimes Task Force and the Purdy Police Department after the girl’s mother approached the police department about inappropriate exchanges between Norman and her daughter.
The indictment charges that Norman used a minor to produce child pornography between September 21 and October 10, 2014, as well as two counts of using the Internet and a cell phone to induce a minor to engage in illicit sexual activity.
Norman and the underage girl interacted through Facebook and a messaging app called Kik on the girl’s iPod. After an investigation began, officers used her iPod as part of a sting operation to arrange a meeting between the victim and Norman. Norman believed he was meeting up with the girl to take her to his apartment for a sexual encounter. Officers arrested him when he arrived at the meeting location.
Once in custody, Norman was interviewed by the Purdy Police Department, and he admitted that he was planning to take the child for sex and that he had exchanged nude photos with her over the past few weeks. He also admitted to meeting with a 14 year-old girl in Monett and having sexual contact with her in 2013. The photos of the girl were still on his cell phone.
The federal case is being prosecuted by Assistant U.S. Attorney Patrick Carney. He was investigated by Immigration and Custom Enforcement’s (ICE) Homeland Security Investigations (HSI).
