Man, 51, charged with trying to get 15-year-old to have sex with him over dating app

A 51-year-old Chicago man is charged with multiple felonies after he allegedly tried to get a 15-year-old boy to have sex with him.

Police said that Matthew Baldwin was actually chatting with an undercover police officer on a dating app.

The conversations began last month, police said. 

Baldwin was arrested after arranging a meeting near his home, police said.

He has been released on bail.

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