IN CUSTODY: Man accused of grooming Broken Arrow teenager arrested – KJRH

TULSA, Okla. — A 14-year-old Broken Arrow girl is safe after spending a week with a suspected child predator she met online, prompting a warning from her father for parents to monitor their children’s online activity. 43-year-old Matthew Puza faces charges of making lewd proposals to a child and harboring a runaway. WATCH: IN CUSTODY: Man accused of grooming Broken Arrow teenager arrested IN CUSTODY: Man accused of grooming Broken Arrow teenager arrested The girl’s father, Eric Tole, said his family believed they were doing everything right to keep their daughter, Akayla, safe online. “I am a more conservative parent, and we don’t allow social media. We do our best to protect her from the dangers of the Internet, Snapchat, Instagram, Discord.” But Tole said they later discovered she had been using multiple social media accounts without their knowledge. What began as a runaway report to Broken Arrow Police on July 11 quickly escalated into a multi-agency investigation involving the FBI and the Tulsa Police Department’s SPIDER Unit. Tulsa Police Lieutenant Mark Kraft said investigators found evidence the girl had been groomed online. “There were a lot of indicators that this likely wasn’t just a run-of-the-mill runaway, but there were
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