29-05-2025
Paxton Police arrest Bradley man for traveling to meet child
PAXTON, Ill. (WCIA) — A 45-year-old man from Bradley was arrested in Paxton after trying to meet up with a 16-year-old girl earlier this month.
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WCIA's partners with the Ford County Chronicle reported the arrest followed an investigation by the Paxton Police Department into online communications that Michael T. Wiggins had with an officer posing undercover as a teenager, beginning on Aug. 11, 2023. At around 1:30 p.m. on May 18 in the 600 block of E Pells St, Wiggins arrived in Paxton to meet up with who he thought was a 16-year-old girl.
He was then arrested for traveling to meet a minor, solicitation to meet a minor and indecent solicitation of a child. The 2009 Chevrolet Silverado he was driving was impounded by Paxton Police under city ordinance.
For more information on recent arrests in Ford and Iroquois Counties, visit the Chronicle's website.
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