Pathak later was charged with unlawful solicitation of a minor and grooming, both felonies, as well as attempted aggravated criminal sexual abuse. Felony grooming is a charge recently approved by the Illinois General Assembly and pertains to an adult who initiates a conversation online with a child or someone they believe to be a child and pursues it to the point of solicitation. <\/p>\n
Sharma was charged with traveling to meet a minor, also a felony. <\/p>\n
Bond was set at $200,000 for both men and they remained Friday in DuPage County jail, sheriff’s officials said. <\/p>\n
In the second investigation that ended Thursday, a Carol Stream investigator again posed as a 14-year-old girl and was asked by a man to meet for sexual favors. <\/p>\n
Police said Dale J. Kreidler, 27, of Plainfield, arrived at the meeting in Carol Stream and was taken into custody. He was later charged with unlawful solicitation of a minor and attempted aggravated criminal sexual abuse.<\/p>\n
Sheriff’s officials said he also remained Friday in DuPage County jail on a $150,000 bond.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n
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