An Upstate New York has been arrested after allegedly sending sexually explicit texts to a minor.

Vincent Steiner, of Chili, N.Y., is accused of exchanging messages with a 12-year-old girl he met on Roblox, according to a criminal complaint obtained by WHAM . Steiner allegedly first contacted her over the gaming platform’s chat around Christmas last year, then exchanged phone numbers and continued to send inappropriate messages via text.

The messages were reported in March when the victim’s father called the FBI National Threat Operations Center, according to the complaint. The parent discovered the messages on the child’s phone, officials said.

An investigation found the girl, who claimed to be 13 years old, used three Roblox accounts to communicate with Steiner. There is no minimum

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