Man's Relationship With Teen Leads To Sex Charges, Police Say
Man, Teen Say They Met On Internet
POSTED: Thursday, May 5, 2005
BROWARD COUNTY, Fla. -- Detectives say a Pompano Beach man who was carrying on a sexual relationship with an underage girl is now facing serious charges.
Broward sheriff's detectives said that they received an anonymous tip that Joseph Pagano Jr., 26, was having a sexual relationship with a 16-year-old girl.Wednesday, sex crime detectives and members of the LEACH (Law Enforcement Against Child Harm) task force went to speak with the girl at her parents’ home in Margate. The parents told investigators their daughter was visiting one of her girlfriends. The parents said they then found out the teen was with Pagano.Pagano brought the girl home and agreed to speak with detectives. During questioning, detectives said Pagano and the girl admitted to having a sexual relationship that started after they met on a computer journal site.Investigators said that Pagano and the girl met nearly every day since April 23. Pagano would pick up the girl from her home, without her parents’ knowledge, and take her to his apartment in Pompano Beach, where the two would engage in various sexual activities, according to detectives.Pagano was arrested Wednesday night on 28 counts of unlawful sexual activity with a minor and five counts of battery.He is being held on $145,000 bond.
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