FDLE: St. Augustine man arrested on child sexual abuse material charges

A 20-year-old St. Augustine man was arrested on six counts of promoting child sexual abuse material and three counts of using a computer to solicit a child, the Florida Department of Law Enforcement said.Zachary Szilagyi was arrested after an undercover investigation that began in September, FDLE said. Agents said Szilagyi tried to persuade an undercover persona to sexually abuse a fictitious younger sibling and sent files depicting the sexual abuse of children.Investigators learned Szilagyi was moving to Atlanta and worked with the St. Johns County Sheriff’s Office and Georgia Bureau of Investigation to obtain an arrest warrant. Agents searched his Atlanta dormitory residence Nov. 2 and collected his phone, which they said contained multiple files of child sexual abuse material.Szilagyi is being extradited to Florida and has a $725,000 bond. The investigation remains active, with additional charges pending; the Attorney General’s Office of Statewide Prosecution will handle the case.Cl