AUSTIN, Texas - An Austin man was recently arrested on criminal charges related to alleged sexual exploitation of a minor through social media.

The backstory:

The U.S. Attorney's Office, Western District of Texas says in a news release that 29-year-old Jonathan Ruiz-Correa, allegedly using the name "Lucas" and claiming to be a 17-year-old, began chatting on Snapchat with a 14-year-old girl in May.

Court documents allege that Ruiz-Correa knew the girl's age and their conversations included discussion of sexually explicit videos Ruiz-Correa wanted the girl to send him, which she eventually did.

Ruiz-Correa also allegedly explored the possibility that he would pay for her to travel from out of state to meet him, and two times he used a PayPal account to send the girl money.

There were

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