Wisconsin Rapids Police Lieutenant Involved in Child Sex Investigation Posed as Teenage Girl
Saturday, August 3rd, 2013 -- 7:18 AM
-A Wisconsin Rapids police lieutenant involved in a child sex investigation allegedly posed as a teenage girl on the Internet to try and obtain naked pictures of boys.According to Wood County court records, Steven Lowe, age 41, posed as a 15-year-old girl named ?Abby Adams.?
Lowe was arrested on Wednesday and during an interview he said he had conversations with males he believed were younger than 18. He said he exchanged pictures with the young boys and deleted them after so they wouldn?t be discovered.
During a probable cause hearing on Thursday, a judge ordered Lowe jailed on a $20,000 cash bond. No charges have been filed against Lowe as of now. Lowe was freed Friday after posting the bail.
Just hours after being arrested, Lowe resigned from the Wisconsin Rapids Police Department.
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