CANTON TOWNSHIP, Mich. – A Michigan man stands accused of sending nude photos of himself to at least two young girls through Facebook and texts.
Macomb County Sheriff Anthony Wickersham said 32-year-old Canton Township resident Taylor McCabe Best was arrested Wednesday following an investigation by the Macomb Area Computer Enforcement team that had started last year.
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"[Best] found some girls through Facebook, social media. These girls, at least one of them that we know, put too much information on her Facebook page and that being her telephone number," Wickersham said.
Wickersham said both a 16-year-old girl from Washington Township and a 13-year-old girl from Bruce Township had been contacted by a man who said he was 20 years old and went by the name "John Simmons."
The man had sent nude photos to the girls and had also asked the 13-year-old girl to send nude pictures of herself back to him or else he would tell her parents.
Investigators said Best may have had contact with other teens.
He's charged with the following:
Victim #1 - 16 year old
Count 1: Children – Distributing Sexually Explicit, Visual or Verbal Matter (Felony: 2 yrs and/or $10,000.00)
Count 2: Computers – Using to Commit a Crime (Felony: 4 yrs and/or $5,000.00)
Victim #2 – 13 year old
Count 1: Children – Accosting for Immoral Purposes (Felony: 4 yrs and/or $4,000.00)
Count 2: Computers – Using to Commit a Crime (Felony: 7 yrs and/or $5,000.00)
Count 3: Extortion (Felony: 20 yrs or $10,000.00)
Count 4: Computers – Using to Commit a Crime (Felony: 20 yrs and/or $20,000.00)