MENTONE – An Argos man was arrested after police say he attempted to solicit a minor for sex. Albert Preston Miller, 28, of 561 N. Michigan?St., Argos, was charged with one count of child solicitation, a level 5 felony. On July 6, a Mentone police officer received information about text messages and nude pictures being sent to a girl between 14 to 15 years old, according to a probable cause affidavit filed with the Kosciusko County Prosecutor’s Office The officer looked at the texts and found the man had asked the girl to meet him in a hotel and sent her nude pictures. The girl told the officer the man had asked him to send suggestive pictures of her. The officer used the girl’s phone to call the number, and Miller answered the phone, the affidavit states. A warrant was issued July 20. Miller was booked in the Kosciusko County Jail on Monday.?At the time of booking, Miler had a North Liberty addresss, according to police records. Bond was set $10,250.
