Belleville man charged with grooming, solicitation after trying to meet teen, police say

A Belleville man has been charged with grooming and indecent solicitation of a child after police say he tried to meet up with a 14-year-old girl in Caseyville for sex acts.

Kani D. Wiley, 22, was charged on Nov. 26 in St. Clair County Court. According to the charging documents against him, Wiley used Snapchat to communicate with the girl from Aug. 9 to Sept. 13.

The documents state that Wiley had arranged to meet the girl “to commit the offense of aggravated criminal sexual abuse” sometime between those dates. It is unknown if the two met before the charges were brought.

A spokesperson for the Caseyville Police Department could not be reached for comment.

This story was originally published December 24, 2019 at 10:21 AM.

Hana Muslic

Belleville News-Democrat

618-239-2626

Hana Muslic has been a public safety reporter for the Belleville News-Democrat since August 2018, covering everything from crime and courts to accidents, fires and natural disasters. She is a graduate of the University of Nebraska-Lincoln’s College of Journalism and her previous work can be found in The Lincoln Journal-Star and The Kansas City Star.