The year-long manhunt for Connor Smith has come to an in depth.
In accordance with TMZ, the previous star of Are You the One? was FINALLY arrested in Florida on Thursday afternoon after reported sightings of him within the state. Smith had been needed in Illinois since February 2023 after he tried to satisfy with an underage lady for intercourse. On the time, regulation enforcement claimed the MTV persona had interacted with a 15-year-old lady for a number of weeks on-line, sending specific movies and footage of himself. Nonetheless, the particular person receiving the messages had been an undercover officer all alongside.
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Authorities claimed Smith deliberate to satisfy with the underage lady to have interaction in sexual acts on February 9. When the truth star went to satisfy up along with her, he was greeted by cops as a substitute. Nonetheless, because the authorities tried to strategy his pickup truck and apprehend him, he sped away and escaped the scene. The next day, a warrant went out for his arrest for felony fees of touring to satisfy a minor and grooming and disseminating dangerous materials. Regardless of police trying to find Smith, it wasn’t till a yr later he was captured and brought into custody.
Final yr, a decide signed off a million-dollar bond if he had been to be captured and arrested. Nonetheless, NewsNation reported he has been booked into the Pinellas County Jail and is being held with out bond.
This isn’t the primary run-in with the regulation for Smith. In 2021, he was arrested for allegedly raping a 16-year-old lady in Indiana. The costs towards him had been dropped the next yr when the sufferer stopped cooperating with regulation enforcement.
We’re glad the police lastly caught Connor. Hopefully, justice might be served now. Reactions, Perezcious readers? Tell us within the feedback.
[Image via Pinellas County Sheriff’s Office, MTV Reality/YouTube]
