Crime & Safety
Man Accused Of Sending Sexual Texts To 16-Year-Old Girl: Police
The man was charged with endangering the welfare of a minor and disseminating indecent material to a minor, Nassau police say.
WANTAGH, NY — A man is accused of sending sexual texts to an underage girl. Following an investigation, Andrew Quattrone, 38, of Manorville was placed in custody for an incident that took place on Thursday night in Wantagh, detectives say.
The 16-year-old received vulgar texts, and an inappropriate photo, from an unknown phone number, police said.
Despite telling the man to stop, the text messages continued, detectives say.
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Quattrone was charged with first-degree disseminating incident material to a minor and endangering the welfare of a minor. He was scheduled for arraignment on Sunday.
In May, Quattrone was also taken into custody after he approached a 15-year-old girl in Babylon, handed her a cell phone with a pre-typed sexually explicit message and requested she perform a sex act, Suffolk County police said.
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Detectives ask anyone who may have been a victim of a similar incident to contact Crime Stoppers anonymously at 1-800-244-TIPS.
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