Man Used Internet Ad to Solicit Minor for Sex: Cops

A local man was arrested earlier today and held without bail after police allege that he used an Internet ad in an attempt to solicit a minor for sex.

Jon Rousseau Jr., 24, of an unknown fixed address, was arrested on Nov. 10, 2015, for felony certain uses of computer services prohibited and carrying a loaded handgun without a license.

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Rousseau was arrested the case for “several weeks” after an allegation first surfaced from a CyberTip received from the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children which was sent to the New Hampshire Internet Crimes Against Children Task Force (ICAC).

“In a joint investigation involving police departments from Hampton, Portsmouth, Greenland, Stratham, Kittery, and Eliot, ME, along with the assistance of Homeland Security Investigations (HSI), Rousseau was successfully taken into custody in Portsmouth when he arrived to meet what he thought was a 14-year-old girl he had been conversing with on an online application, but was actually an undercover detective who he had been conversing with,” according to Lt. Mark Newport of the Portsmouth Police Department. “When Rousseau was taken into custody he was in possession of a concealed loaded handgun which resulted in the additional charge.”

No bail has been set and he will be arraigned on Nov. 12, via video arraignment from the Rockingham County Jail due to the holiday on Wednesday.

If you have any information concerning the investigation, please contact Detective Duane Jacques at 603-610-7535.

Tips can also be submitted to Seacoast Crime Stoppers anonymously via phone at 603-431-1199 or at seacoastcrimestoppers.org. You can also text your tip to CRIMES (274637) with the letters “TIPSCS” and leave your tip that way. If your tip leads to an arrest or indictment of the individual you could receive a cash reward of up to $1,000.