A Bridgeport man is facing charges after reportedly sending sexually explicit text messages to a 16-year-old girl.
According to police, 30-year-old Jermaine Laidlaw exchanged 322 texts with the underage girl, many of which were sexually explicit. Police said the teen’s mother approached authorities after discovering the messages on her daughter’s phone.
Police said Laidlaw worked at the Orcutt Boys & Girls club, an athletic organization for school-age kids in Bridgeport. It’s not clear how Laidlaw and the victim knew each other and whether Laidlaw’s job contributed to the incident.
He was arrested Tuesday and is charged with risk of injury to a minor and using a computer to entice a minor into sexual activity.
Laidlaw is being held on a $25,000 bond.
