A Valparaiso man has been indicted on a federal charge of child exploitation, the U.S. Attorney for the Northern District of Indiana said.

Wayne Wigglesworth, 68, has been charged with one count of child exploitation by use of cellular telephone and computer accessing the Internet to persuade, induce, entice, and coerce a person whom he knew to be a 15-year-old boy to engage in sexual activity; and one count of travel in interstate commerce from Valparaiso to Chicago for the purpose of engaging in illicit sexual conduct.

The case is being investigated by U.S. Immigrations and Customs Enforcement.

Posted 9/18/2009