Former star of MTV’s Are You the One? arrested on grooming charges after year on the run

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Connor Smith, who starred on MTV's 'Are You the One?,' was arrested in Florida on charges of grooming and traveling to meet a minor after a year on the run.

, was arrested Thursday in Clearwater, Fla., booking records show. He had spent the past 13 months on the run after fleeing police in Illinois when they attempted to arrest him there.

Smith is accused of grooming a minor and traveling to meet a minor for sex. He had allegedly been messaging with an undercover cop he thought was an underage girl.During Smith's conversations with an undercover officer posing as a teenager, he allegedly sent sexually explicit images and videos of himself." Later, he drove to meet up with her for sex, the Lake County Sheriff's Office reported in a February 2023 press release.

When Smith arrived for their meet-up, the police tried to arrest him, but he fled in his vehicle. That was more than a year ago, and authorities subsequently issued a nationwide warrant with charges of traveling to meet a minor, grooming, and disseminating harmful material.in 2022 after the victim stopped cooperating with the police. The accusations in that case involved his allegedly meeting a minor online and then arranging to meet the minor in person.

 

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