GRANT COUNTY, Ind. (WPTA) - A 26-year-old California man is facing several felony charges after he allegedly communicated with a 12-year-old Grant County girl online and traveled to Indiana to meet her.

Kevin Dominguez is charged with three counts of child molesting, two counts of child exploitation, one count of strangulation and one count of battery. On Friday, Grant County Sheriff’s Office deputies were dispatched to reports of an unknown man inside a home with children.

An investigation revealed he had been talking with a girl and had traveled to Indiana to meet with her, the office says. Detectives worked with the Indiana Department of Child Services and learned Dominguez was allegedly communicating with the girl for several months before coming to Indiana.

When the girl’s parents

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