Hearing Reveals Details on What Led to Peoria Tattoo Shop Owner Being Accused of Grooming

Hearing reveals details on what led to Peoria tattoo shop owner being accused of grooming

The man has been accused of sending explicit messages to a 16-year-old via Snapshat.

Peoria man charged with grooming, indecent solicitation for online chats

PEORIA, Ill. (WMBD) -- A Central Peoria man was arrested Wednesday for allegedly engaging in an online chat with a child and planning to meet for sexual purposes. Officers with the Peoria Police Department began their investigation on May 1 and reviewed more than 60 pages of messages between James L. Parker, 56, and the juvenile victim. Peoria man indicted for grooming, solicitation of a child Parker was taken into custody in the 1200 bloc…