PALM BEACH COUNTY, Fla. — The Palm Beach County Sheriff's Office said Friday there may be additional victims after a man was arrested, accused of trying to have sex with a girl and sending her inappropriate text messages.
Roman Gomez, 59, is facing charges of soliciting a child for unlawful sexual conduct and traveling to meet a minor, along with four counts of transmission of material harmful to a minor.
The sheriff's office said it received information on Tuesday that Gomez had sent inappropriate text messages to an underage girl.
According to Gomez's arrest report, he had been communicating for months with the girl, who was a family friend, through WhatsApp and Facebook Messenger and sending her explicit messages and photos.
Gomez on Wednesday asked the girl to meet him at a McDonald's on Lantana Road and "follow him back to his townhouse," the arrest report stated.
One day later, on Thursday, a Palm Beach County detective spoke to Gomez at his townhome, where he admitted that "he had been texting with a 'younglady' he knows and the conversation began to take a change" and "he was going to meet with her to 'talk,'" the report said.
Gomez was arrested Thursday and booked into the Palm Beach County Jail just after 12:30 p.m.
Detectives believe there may be additional victims, according to the sheriff's office.
If you have any information about Gomez or have had any contact with him, call Det. Johanna Lopez at 561-688-4060, or Crime Stoppers of Palm Beach County at 1-800-458-TIPS.
In court Friday, a judge set Gomez's bond at $115,000 and ordered him to have no contact with the alleged victim or any minor children, as well as no access to the internet.
