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Berwyn man charged with attempting to meet with minor at hotel near Midway

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A man from Berwyn is charged with attempting to meet with a minor for sex at a hotel near Midway Airport.

Jon Bilich, 53, faces charges of indecent solicitation of a child and traveling to meet a child after he allegedly responded to an online ad with a text message, the Cook County sheriff’s office said in a statement.

Bilich allegedly thought he was texting with a 16-year-old girl, but was actually communicating with undercover officers, the sheriff’s office said.

Jon Bilich | Cook County sheriff’s office

Jon Bilich | Cook County sheriff’s office

He offered to pay the girl money in exchange for sex, and then arranged to meet her at a hotel on the Southwest Side on Friday, police said.

When Bilich arrived, he was arrested by the Sheriff’s Police Vice Unit, police said.

Judge Sophia Atcherson ordered Bilich held on $10,000 bail on Saturday, according to court records.

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