Authorities: Man walked hundreds of miles to have sex with 14-year-old girl Share Shares Copy Link Copy

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DERRICK ROSE DISCOVERED THE MAN IS FACING FEDERAL CHARGES. >> THAT’S RIGHT, MORE THAN 300 MILES, FROM INDIANA TO WISCONSIN. TOMMY LEE JENKINS HAD ALREADY BEEN CONVICTED OF SEX CRIMES INVOLVING CHILDREN AND WAS UNDER INVESTIGATION AGAIN WHEN PROSECUTORS SAY HE UNKNOWINGLY CROSSED PATHS WITH AN UNDERCOVER INVESTIGATOR ONLIN INVESTIGATORS KNEW HIS FACE. TOMMY LEE JENKINS FIRST CONVICTION ON CHILD SEX CHARGES WAS IN 2011. NOW HE’S CHARGED IN A NEW INVESTIGATION. DOCUMENTS SHOW JENKINS USED FACEBOOK TO COMMUNICATE WITH SOMEONE HE THOUGHT WAS 14. IT WAS ACTUALLY AN UNDERCOVER DEPUTY WHO ASKED, DO U CARE I’M 14 AND DRINK JENKINS’ REPLY ACCORDING TO THE RECORDS, NO. PROSECUTORS CLAIM JENKINS INITIATED THE TOPIC OF SEX AND WANTED THE UNDERCOVER TO SEND A PICTURE WITH NO SHIRT NO PANTS, ASKING, WIND YOU GET HERE, WOULD YOU LIKE TO HAVE SEX WITH ME -- WITH ME? THE UNDERCOVER RESPONDED, YES. THIS PAST SUNDAY, THE RECORDS SHOW JENKINS SENT AN EXPLICIT PICTURE OF HIMSELF AND ASKED FOR A PICTURE IN RETURN. THE UNDERCOVER RESPONDED WHAT PICTURE? DOCUMENTS SHOW JENKINS REPLIED, A PICTURE OF YOU NAKED. JENKINS ALLEGEDLY TOLD THE UNDERCOVER HE PLANNED TO WALK NEARLY 400 MILES FROM WHITESTOWN, INDIANA TO NEENAH, WISCONSIN, TO MEET FOR SEX. ON THE WAY, PROSECUTORS CLAIM, JENKINS DOCUMENTED THE TRIP WITH SELFIES AND PICTURES OF EXIT SIGNS. ON THURSDAY, RECORDS SHOW JENKINS TOLD THE UNDERCOVER HE MADE IT TO WISCONSIN AND WANTED TO HAVE 500 KIDS BEFORE WE ARE WITH GOD. INSTEAD, JENKINS FOUND INVESTIGATORS WAITING TO TAKE HIM BACK TO JAIL. >> THE USE OF THE INTERNET AND SOCIAL MEDIA ALLOWS FOR COMMUNICATION TO HAPPEN BETWEEN ADULTS AND MINORS ACROSS STATE LINES, SO THIS IS A GREAT CONCERN. PATRICK: BEFORE THIS FEDERAL CASE, YOU MENTIONED HE WAS ALREADY UNDER INVESTIGATION. DO WE KNOW WHAT HAPPENED? >> THAT IS A QUESTION WE ARE STILL TRYING TO ANSWER. WE KNOW INVESTIGATORS IN WINNEBAGO COUNTY ARRESTED AND CHARGED JENKINS WITH ABDUCTION AND CHILD SEX ASSULT LAST MONTH. RECORDS SHOW HE WAS RELEASED FROM JAIL, BUT AT THIS POINT, THERE IS NO EXPLANATION WH PA

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