On July 25, the Alpena County Sheriff’s Office received a tip from the Kent County Sheriff’s Office in regards to a person of interest accosting a minor online. Deputies from the Alpena County Sheriff’s Office performed surveillance on a residence.

On July 27, deputies from the Alpena County Sheriff’s Office executed a search warrant on the residence, and electronics were seized. Deputies arrested a 63-year-old male. The Alpena County Prosecutor’s Office has charged the man with two felony counts of children — accosting for immoral purposes, and, computers — internet — communicating with another to commit crime — maximum imprisonment of four years or more but less than 10 years.

On July 29, The man was arraigned in the 88th District Court in Alpena, where a bond was set at $5,000 — 10%.

The Alpena County Sheriff’s Office is seeking the public’s assistance in attempting to locate other minor children that the man may have been communicating with either in-person, or online. A couple of the social media applications that he may have used for communication with other minor children were, “Chatib.us,” and, “Teleguard.” The man was utilizing the account name of “62upnorthman.”

The public should contact Deputy Frost at 989-354-9865 with any other information.