One man faces charges after Purdy sting operation
Norman
October 15, 2014
Charlea Mills
Cassville man Chase Norman, 23, is in jail facing attempted statutory rape in the 1st degree charges after a sting operation was made by the Southwest Missouri Cyber Crimes Task Force in conjunction with the Purdy Police Department.
According to the affidavits of probably cause, on September 21, 2014, Norman approached a 12-year old juvenile female through an app. Purdy Police Chief Jackie Lowe investigated a complaint made by the girl’s mother and found inappropriate pictures and conversation between Norman and the girl which he approached the Cyber Crimes Task Force with.
On October 6, a forensic interview with the child at the Child Advocacy Center in Monett yielded additional information regarding Norman’s interactions with her through SnapChat, Facebook and the app called KIK. She told investigators that she was speaking to him three times a day, and that he had been asking for inappropriate pictures of her as well as sending nude photos of himself.
Investigators then took over the child’s Facebook and KIK accounts and contacted Norman as part of a sting operation. Norman made plans to pick the child up at the Purdy Library on October 10 with the plan of taking her back to his apartment in Cassville for sex.
Norman was supposed to pick the girl up at 9 a.m. but gave excuses, not arriving until 4:30 p.m.
Once taken into custody, Norman and interviewed at the Purdy Police Department, he admitted that he was planning to take the child to his apartment for sex and that he had exchanged nude images with her over the past few weeks. He also admitted to physically meeting with a 14 year-old girl in Monett and engaged in sexual contact with her in 2013. He also said he still had nude pictures of her on his phone.
Norman is being held in the Barry County Jail in lieu of $25,000 cash only bond. He is charged with attempted statutory rape in the 1st degree.
Charlea Mills
Cassville man Chase Norman, 23, is in jail facing attempted statutory rape in the 1st degree charges after a sting operation was made by the Southwest Missouri Cyber Crimes Task Force in conjunction with the Purdy Police Department.
According to the affidavits of probably cause, on September 21, 2014, Norman approached a 12-year old juvenile female through an app. Purdy Police Chief Jackie Lowe investigated a complaint made by the girl’s mother and found inappropriate pictures and conversation between Norman and the girl which he approached the Cyber Crimes Task Force with.
On October 6, a forensic interview with the child at the Child Advocacy Center in Monett yielded additional information regarding Norman’s interactions with her through SnapChat, Facebook and the app called KIK. She told investigators that she was speaking to him three times a day, and that he had been asking for inappropriate pictures of her as well as sending nude photos of himself.
Investigators then took over the child’s Facebook and KIK accounts and contacted Norman as part of a sting operation. Norman made plans to pick the child up at the Purdy Library on October 10 with the plan of taking her back to his apartment in Cassville for sex.
Norman was supposed to pick the girl up at 9 a.m. but gave excuses, not arriving until 4:30 p.m.
Once taken into custody, Norman and interviewed at the Purdy Police Department, he admitted that he was planning to take the child to his apartment for sex and that he had exchanged nude images with her over the past few weeks. He also admitted to physically meeting with a 14 year-old girl in Monett and engaged in sexual contact with her in 2013. He also said he still had nude pictures of her on his phone.
Norman is being held in the Barry County Jail in lieu of $25,000 cash only bond. He is charged with attempted statutory rape in the 1st degree.
