Christopher Matthew Sanchez of Lincoln, Nebraska is being held in the Henry County Jail after authorities say he engaged in sexually explicit online communication with someone he believed to be a 15-year-old in Mount Pleasant.
According to court records, Sanchez began chatting online with the minor on March 1st and allegedly escalated the conversation to sexual topics, requesting nude photos and videos involving sexual acts on multiple occasions. Investigators say Sanchez also sent nude images of himself.
Authorities later identified Sanchez as a registered sex offender in Nebraska, a fact confirmed by detectives with the Lincoln Police Department’s Special Victims Unit.
Sanchez was arrested on May 15th on a nationwide extradition warrant and faces three counts of Telephone Dissemination of Obscene Material to a Minor, an aggravated misdemeanor; one count of Sexual Exploitation of a Minor, a Class B felony; and one count of Grooming, a Class D felony.
A criminal charge is merely an accusation, and the defendant is presumed innocent until proven guilty in a court of law.