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Police: City Man Asked 2 Girls for Naked Pictures

21-year-old jailed following alleged texted request

A Bethlehem man is in Northampton County Prison under $50,000 cash bail after he allegedly text messaged two female minors and asked them to send naked pictures of themselves to him, according to .

Police say Xavier Crespo, 21, of 815 East 5th St., solicited an 11-year-old and a 15-year-old.Β  No further information was provided on the girls due to their ages.

Crespo was arraigned Friday night before District Judge Daniel Corpora of Easton and charged with two counts of criminal solicitation to commit sexual abuse of children, two counts of unlawful contact with a minor, and two counts of corruption of a minor.

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