Retired Police Officer Charged After Sending Explicit Pictures

Richard L. Hays, 47, of the 6100 block of State Route 162 in Maryville, Ill., was charged Wednesday in St. Charles County with felony sexual misconduct involving a child under 15.

The St. Charles County Sheriff's Department arrested a retired police officer for sending pictures of his genitals to an officer posing as an underage girl.  Richard L. Hays, 47, of the 6100 block of State Route 162 in Maryville, Ill., was charged Wednesday in St. Charles County with felony sexual misconduct involving a child under 15. Hays told told the Madison County Sheriff's Department during an interview on Tuesday, Dec. 4, that he was a retired police officer from the Pontoon Beach Police Department and has worked for the St. Jacobs Police Department approximately a year ago.  According to the probable cause statement, Hays, using the handle "Supercop069" in a Yahoo! chat room initiated a conversation with a user named "daddyslttgrrl…

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