A New Jersey man accused of soliciting sex acts from underage girls is feared to have victims in the area.
Falls Township police say Adam Carnevale, 27, of Lawrenceville, N.J., traded sex acts for cash with a woman and then asked her to help him find a 14 to 16 year old girl to have sex with.
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Falls and Lawrence, N.J. police apprehended Carnevale in Hamilton, N.J. and interviewed him on Thursday afternoon. Police said that during the last few years Carnevale said he solicited nude photographs from underage girls as well as engaged in sexual activity with them in both Bucks County and in New Jersey.
Carnevale was transported to the Mercer County Workhouse after the interview and awaits extradition to Bucks County on charges of unlawful contact with minor, statutory sexual assault, promoting prostitution of a minor, involuntary deviate sexual intercourse on a person less than 16 years of age and related offenses.
The investigation into Carnevale was launched by Falls police in January after a woman came forward and said the 27-year-old asked her to find him a 14-year-old girl to have sex with.
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The woman, whose age was not released, said she had sexual encounters with Carnevale twice – once in Morrisville and once in New Jersey – and received money for performing sex acts on him, court papers say.
Text messages from December show the woman was texting Carnevale and he made the request to perform sex acts on her cousin or a young girl, according to court records. The court papers also says that he wanted someone 14 to 16 years old and was willing to offer her more money as an incentive to find younger girls.
In January, the woman contacted Carnevale while working with police and said she had a 15-year-old for him, court papers say.
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Carnevale kept asking about the girl and wanted to see photographs, even topless ones, police said.
Investigators set up a fake Facebook for the made up 15-year-old girl and Carnevale asked to meet with the girl, court papers say.
“On numerous occasions the defendant requested additional photographs, including ‘topless’ photographs, of the fictitious female and begins to barter for sexual acts done to him,” an arrest warrant filed by Falls police reads.
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Falls police “strongly encourages” anyone with information regarding Carnevale or anyone who has been victimized or solicited by the 27-year-old to contact Detective Stephen Reeves at 215-302-3305 or via email at reevespd@fallstwp.com.
Editor’s Note: All individuals arrested or charged with a crime are presumed innocent until proven guilty. The story was compiled using information from police and public court documents.
