Manchester Police Charge Minnesota Man with Grooming

Manchester Police have charged a man with grooming a minor after he allegedly traveled from Minnesota to meet who he believed was a juvenile. 

23-year old Robert Fenn Eselby III of Minneapolis, Minnesota, was arrested by the Manchester PD last Friday.

In a press release issued on Wednesday, Manchester Police say Eselby contacted an undercover officer on various social media platforms. Police say he was aware of the undercover officer’s “persona” age as a juvenile and was informed of that age several times. Eselby then facilitated travel to come meet the “juvenile” for sexual activity. He sent various explicit photographs and even videos to whom he believed to be a juvenile.

Eselby traveled to Manchester and was immediately taken into custody by Manchester police officers, transported to the Delaware County Jail, and entered into booking. Police say Eselby even attempted to solicit an arresting officer for a date – during booking – displaying lack of remorse for the charges at hand.

Eselby was charged with Grooming and Disseminating Obscene Material to a Minor.

This arrest follows the Manchester Police Department’s apprehension of several other men (over the past several months) who attempted to meet undercover officers who they believed to be juveniles.

photo courtesy of Manchester Police