Kevin E. Heiney, 42, of Mountain View, Missouri.

A Missouri man has been arrested after he allegedly solicited a young Crystal Lake girl under the age of 13 and persuaded her into sending him a sexually explicit photo.

Kevin E. Heiney, 42, of the 600 block of Washington Street in Mountain View, Missouri, was charged with child pornography, indecent solicitation of a child and sexual exploitation of a child.

A criminal complaint filed in McHenry County Circuit Court alleges that Heiney knowingly solicited a child, who he knew to be under the age of 13, in order to get her to take a nude photograph of herself.

Heiney communicated with the girl through the internet, court documents say.

The incident occurred on November 14 and was investigated by the Crystal Lake Police Department. An arrest warrant was signed by a McHenry County judge on April 23.

Heiney was arrested by police on May 11. He was transported to the McHenry County Jail where he remains held on a $100,000 bond.

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The man will appear in court for a bond hearing on Tuesday. A preliminary hearing has been scheduled for May 28.