Alameda man charged with molesting 13-year-old after they met on Snapchat

ALAMEDA — Prosecutors here have filed child molestation charges against a 27-year-old man who allegedly sexually abused a 13-year-old boy after the two met on Snapchat, court records show.

Christopher Van Diggelen, of Alameda, was charged with counts of committing a lewd act on a child and one count of arranging to meet a minor to commit a sexual offense, all felonies. He was arrested in last August and remains in Santa Rita Jail in lieu of $165,000 bail, records show.

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