Sex Offender Charged With Exposing Himself Online

A registered sex offender living in Ballwin is accused of sending photos of his genitals online to a person he believed to be 14 years old.

Paul Daniel Latina, 35, of the 300 block of Reindeer Drive in West County just south of Ballwin and Manchester , was charged March 26 with attempted sexual misconduct with a minor and failure to register as a sex offender.

St. Louis County Police reported that Latina was in a chat room with a person he believed to be a 14-year-old girl on March 25, and he exposed himself to this person by sending online photos of his genitals.

Latina previously pleaded guilty to attempted sexual assault on a minor in Colorado on March 10, 2003.  Police said he did not register all of this on-line identifiers with authorities.

A St. Louis County Police spokesman said he could not access details of the case in order to respond to questions regarding if Latina actually sent the photos to a police officer.

Latina is being held in St. Louis County jail in lieu of a $50,000, cash-only bond.

For more crime information on Ballwin-Ellisville Patch, see the following articles:

• Police Expect More Charges in Sex Assault Investigation Involving West County Teen
• Ballwin Woman Confesses to Sex Acts with Infant Daughter