Charles Eugene Schnitzlein III, Child Exploitation, Massachusetts 2021

A Fall River man has been arrested on child exploitation charges after attempting to meet a 13-year-old girl for sex in New Hampshire.

Charles Eugene Schnitzlein III, 34, was charged by criminal complaint with traveling with intent to engage in illicit sexual conduct with a person under 18 years of age.

According to the charging documents, Schnitzlein used a messaging application to communicate with an undercover officer posing as a 13-year-old girl and devised a plan to meet the purported child to have sex.

On April 9, 2021, Schnitzlein allegedly drove from Fall River to a mall in Nashua, N.H., to meet with the undercover officer posing as a teenage girl. On his way to the meetup location, Schnitzlein allegedly stopped to purchase condoms, flowers, soda, and candy for the encounter.

Officers arrested Schnitzlein when he arrived at the mall.

Schnitzlein admitted during an interview with law enforcement that he had traveled from Fall River to meet the purported 13-year-old girl. He further admitted that he had booked a hotel room in Nashua, N.H. to have sex with the 13-year-old girl.

The charge of traveling with intent to engage in illicit sexual conduct with a minor provides for a sentence of up to 30 years in prison, at least five years of supervised release, and a fine of up to $250,000.

Schnitzlein is currently facing the aforementioned charges.

Source: https://www.justice.gov/usao-ma/pr/fall-river-man-arrested-child-exploitation-charges