Salinas man charged with arranging to buy girls aged 12 and 14 online

SAN JOSE A Salinas man has been published from federal custody after prosecutors charged him with arranging to buy two girls aged and for a full girlfriend experience on a prostitution site court records show Edy Antonio Jr allegedly insisted that I was trying to do a good deed while being arrested in the undercover bust Antonio was arrested in late April after allegedly answering an ad for two pretty lil flowers that are ready to bloom accompanied by two pictures with a listed age of according to the criminal complaint Antonio has been charged with attempted coercion and enticement of a minor to engage in criminal sexual conduct which carries a mandatory sentence of years to life in federal prison An undercover officer posing as a human trafficker later stated Antonio that the girls were and and Antonio subsequently negotiated and agreed to a price for an hour with both girls paying an extra so he wouldn t have to wear a condom personnel allege When he displayed up to a Starbucks near a hotel for the planned meetup he was arrested according to court records The only thing that stopped the defendant from sexually assaulting two minor girls was the fact that the girls were fictional prosecutors wrote in a failed motion to keep Antonio behind bars while the matter is pending Instead U S Magistrate Judge Nathanael Cousins agreed to release Antonio on an unsecured bond court records show Antonio is next due in court on June After his arrest Antonio undertook the unpleasant task of calling his long time romantic partner and assuring the woman that he was trying to do a good deed The call was recorded from a local jail officers revealed Somebody messaged me trying to sell me like like adolescents kids right So I was like What the hell So I messaged them back in hoping to like you know see if I can get their address and I can call but then when they gave me the address I went there and next thing you know I got expletive arrested Antonio allegedly explained And now they re charging me for pedophile and all that bulls But earlier when personnel demanded him point-blank if he was there to buy two girls Antonio replied yeah the complaint says This came after he reported the officers he was on his way to work at a Monterey hospital where he s employed as a respiratory therapist but the investigators pointed out the Starbucks was way out of his logical direction I d just like to say I m sorry I can t take back what I did but I can learn from it Antonio allegedly commented during his interview with investigators I m happy it s not real that these girls aren t being sold real but I know it s happening out there especially in the third-world countries