New Lenox man charged after trying to meet with 15-year-old girl at Walmart: police

NEW LENOX, Ill. (WLS) -- A Will County man is facing felony charges after police say he traveled to meet someone he believed was a teenage girl.

New Lenox police say a group created an account on a social media app they claimed belonged to a 15-year-old girl.

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They allegedly set up a meeting at a New Lenox Walmart with 33-year-old Bryan Marinucci.

When he arrived, the group got into a fight with Marinucci.

When police arrived to break up the fight, investigators say Marinucci admitted to trying to meet with a young girl to have sex with her.

He now faces charges of traveling to meet a child and grooming.