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Alleged Online Child Predator Charged

(Michigan City, IN) - A Michigan City man has been accused of committing a child sex crime.

 

Adam Bildhauser, 43, allegedly had a video of a naked girl reportedly under the age of 12 on his cell phone.

 

Bildhauser has been charged in La Porte Superior Court 1 with Level 5 felony Possession of Child Pornography.

 

According to court documents, his arrest resulted from a woman discovering that her 11-year-old daughter had been having regular contact with Bildhauser on social media, which authorities say included Bildhauser and the girl FaceTiming each other, the suspect trying to pressure the girl to remove her clothing so he could see her naked on his screen. 

 

The two allegedly met on an online gaming platform.

 

Bildhauser could face an up to six-year sentence.

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