A Connecticut man faces a federal charge accusing him of coercing an 11-year-old girl and a 13-year-old girl into sending him explicit videos of themselves.

Christopher Rodriguez, 31, of Windsor was arrested Thursday on a federal criminal complaint charging him with coercion and enticement of a minor, according to the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the District of Connecticut .

Federal officials allege he used the social media applications LiveIn and Discord to communicate with an 11-year-old girl in Florida in October and November 2023, coercing her to send him an explicit video of herself.

In November and December 2023, authorities allege Rodriguez posed as a teenager and communicated with a 13-year-old girl from Pennsylvania using Discord and iMessage. According to federal officials, h

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