Crime & Safety

Brockton Man Tried to Have Sex With Underage Girls: Police

Valter Fortes, 40, faces charges which include enticing a minor under 16 for sex and possession of child pornography.

BROCKTON, MA — A Brockton man faces charges after allegedly soliciting sex from six underage girls and attempting to blackmail a 14-year-old who sent him nude pictures.

Valter Fortes, 40, faces charges of enticing a minor under 16 for sex, possession of child pornography, and dissemination of harmful matter to a minor. He was arrested Wednesday, according to the Enterprise.

School police started the investigation after the 14-year-old said a man she met on social media was blackmailing her. Police say Fortes messaged the girl and pretended to be a 19-year-old. When he allegedly asked to meet up for sex and the teen said no, he threatened to send the pictures to her family and make them public.

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After police obtained a search warrant for Fortes' Facebook account and phone, they found evidence showing that he was trying to have sex with five other underage girls.

Fortes was ordered held on $20,000 bail during his arraignment Thursday.

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