Man hit with child-porn charges would 'exert control' over girls: Police

NEW BERLIN, Wis. -- (WITI) -- Forty-four-year-old Craig Miller of New Berlin is accused of taking advantage of "fragile" teenage girls across the country -- using his phone and computer to get them to send him nude photos.

Police say Miller conned the girls into sending him naked pictures and other pornographic images. The investigation began when one of the girls he allegedly scammed tried to kill herself.

Miller now faces a slew of criminal charges related to a series of incidents from April 2015 through November 2016...

According to the criminal complaint, Miller was known to several teenage girls as Andy Harrington. Police say Miller stole the identity of a 19-year-old from New Jersey -- and used it to contact teenage girls in Colorado, Kentucky, Indiana and Fond du Lac. He allegedly chatted with them on the Kik messaging application as well as Instagram.

Prosecutors say Miller allegedly conned the teenage girls into sending pornographic photos of themselves, sometimes sending back sexual pictures of himself.