A Lake Macquarie man is facing court today (Monday 29 July, 2020) accused of grooming a teenage girl for sex.
Police were alerted after a 15-year-old girl reported receiving online messages of a sexual nature from a man known to her last Thursday (16 July, 2020).
Following extensive inquiries, officers went to a Windale home on Friday night and arrested a 45-year-old man. The also seized two mobile phones for forensic examination.
He's been charged with using a carriage service to menace or harass a child for unlawful sexual activity and using a carriage service to groom a child under 16 for sex.
He was refused bail to face Newcastle Bail Court on Saturday July 18, where he was further refused bail to re-appear in court today.
