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A man who lives in Maine – and who authorities say was found in the woods there when arrested – appeared in a McHenry County courtroom Friday on charges alleging he solicited sexually explicit video via Snapchat from a local 12-year-old girl.Jonathan Miles, 41, is charged with soliciting child sex abuse materials, a Class X felony, as well as distributing explicit materials to a minor, a Class 4 felony, according to Judge Joel Berg, who presided over Miles’s initial court appearance. Miles was transported from Maine to McHenry County jail to appear on the charges.The alleged offense occurred in August. Miles is accused of coercing the girl, whom he “knew or reasonably should have known to be under the age of 18,” to send him a video of a sexual act, to which she complied. He also sent her a video “which depicted nudity and sexual conduct,” according to the criminal complaint and indictment in the McHenry County courthouse.Assistant States Attorney Henry Sugden IV argued Miles is danger