Venice, Fla. (970 WFLA)-An arrest in Sarasota County has the sheriff's office warning parents to be vigilant about their children's online activities.
18-year-old Leo Simetzberger from Mitterkirchen, Austria was arrested this week in Venice after flying to Florida, to have sex with a 15-year-old girl he met online last September. The two were found in an AirBnB, after the girl's mother reported her missing.
The Sarasota County Sheriff's Office says, the two started chatting on an app called Discord, and parents need to know what apps they're kids are using on their phones and computers.
Simetzberger is being held in the Sarasota County Jail on $7,500 bond.
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