Crime & Safety
West County Sex Offender Charged With Exposing Himself Online
St. Louis County Police said Paul Latina sent photos of his genitals to a person he believed to be a 14-year-old girl.
*The following information was supplied by court documents. It does not indicate a conviction where an arrest was made.
A registered sex offender living in West County is accused of sending photos of his genitals online to a person he believed to be 14 years old.
Paul Daniel Latina, 35, of the 300 block of Reindeer Drive in Ballwin, was charged March 26 with attempted sexual misconduct with a minor and failure to register as a sex offender.
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St. Louis County Police reported that Latina was in a chat room with a person he believed to be a 14-year-old girl on March 25, and he exposed himself to this person by sending online photos of his genitals.
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Latina previously pleaded guilty to attempted sexual assault on a minor in Colorado on March 10, 2003. Police said he did not register all of this on-line identifiers with authorities.
A St. Louis County Police spokesman said he could not access details of the case in order to respond to questions regarding if Latina actually sent the photos to a police officer.
Latina is being held in St. Louis County jail in lieu of a $50,000, cash-only bond.
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