BSO: Man molested 14-year-old Cooper City boy he met online

COOPER CITY, Fla. – Broward County deputies arrested a 24-year-old Fort Lauderdale man Friday after accusing him of molesting a Cooper City teenager he met through a dating app.

According to a Broward Sheriff’s Office arrest report, the victim, a 14-year-old boy, told detectives that he had initially signed up for the dating app, meant for adults, because he was “bored” and listed his age as 18.

Deputies said the boy and Henri Emery matched on the app and he would later tell Emery that he was 15. Emery also lied about his age initially, they said, and told the boy he was 22 but later admitted to being 24.

The boy told investigators that Emery “seemed uneasy” about his age, but continued communicating anyway, the report states.