WEST FRANKFORT, Ill. (KFVS) - A collaboration between an online predator intervention group and a local police department led to the arrest of a man for child sex crimes.

The West Frankfort Police Department said they arrested 43-year-old Justin R. Bagley of Stonefort, Illinois, on October 2 at around 5:15 p.m.

Police say the online predator intervention group contacted their department to file a complaint that Bagley had been conversing with a 14-year-old juvenile in West Frankfort, with the intention of meeting for a sexual encounter.

After further investigation, officers found Bagley at the business where he planned to meet the child.

Police say he confessed to having more conversations with other underage juveniles, with the intent to meet for sex.

Bagley was arrested for indecent

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