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WALTON COUNTY, Fla. (Trussville Tribune) — A Leeds woman is facing multiple charges in Florida after she allegedly tried to have sex with a minor, according to the Walton County Sheriff’s Office.
Tracey Renee Heinfeld, 53, has been charged with traveling to meet a minor for sex, using an electronic device to solicit a child, cyberstalking, and tampering with evidence.
On Saturday, March 29, deputies were called to a residence in Santa Rosa Beach after they received a 911 call about a juvenile drinking and smoking.
When deputies arrived, they spoke with Heinfeld, who reportedly said she drove from Orange Beach to check on a teenager who was friends with her son.
She reportedly told the deputies she was worried and wanted to ensure the teenager was ok and that she was able to find his location from someone’s Snapchat account.
When deputies spoke to the juvenile, the teenager reportedly said he was scared of Heinfeld and that she was trying to have sex with him.
The teenager then showed deputies text messages allegedly sent from Heinfeld’s phone stating she wanted to have sex with him.
While deputies were reading the text messages on the victim’s phone, Heinfeld sent two pictures to him–one of a WCSO patrol vehicle at the scene and one of deputies standing in front of the house.
Heinfeld was read her rights and continued to speak to deputies, saying again that she was able to get the victim’s address from Snapchat.
She then allowed deputies to access her phone, where they reportedly saw she had deleted some text messages from her conversation with the victim.
After recovering the text messages, the sheriff’s office reported they “clearly matched the text messages on the victim’s phone.”
At one point, the juvenile reportedly begged Heinfeld not to come to the house and told her he did not want to see her.
According to the sheriff’s office Heinfeld wrote in text messages, “I’m coming to see you. I’m already halfway there, so when I get there, do you wanna go to the club? I’ll go to the pub with you. Maybe I’ll pick you up a drink and get you drunk and take advantage of you, or maybe I won’t. Maybe I’ll just let you see me and then just turn around and go home.”
Heinfeld was subsequently arrested and is now being held at the Walton County Jail with a $500,000 bond.