Crime & Safety
San Francisco Woman Rents Airbnb In Royal Oak To Meet Teen, Police Say
Stephanie Sin, 32, of San Francisco, was jailed on $100,000 bond after authorities said she flew to Detroit to meet a teen in Royal Oak.

ROYAL OAK, MI —A San Francisco woman was arrested this week after police said she flew to Michigan and rented an Airbnb in Royal Oak to meet with a Novi teen.
Stephanie Sin, 32, flew from San Francisco to Detroit and rented an Airbnb, authorities said, according to media outlets. Authorities said she ordered an Uber to the home of a 15-year-old in Novi to pick him up. The teen told his parents when the ride arrived and they called police.
Officials suspect she talked to the teen for more than a year.
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Online court records showed she was booked into the Oakland County jail Monday night on charges of sex offense and using a computer in commission of a crime.
Novi police said Sin met the boy on an app when he was 14, WJBK-TV reported. Their talks escalated from the app to text messages and became increasingly more explicit, police said.
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Police told WJBK that Sin did not appear surprised when she was arrested.
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