Ogden man who manipulated teen into sending explicit photos given 10 years in prison

ST. GEORGE — A Weber County man will serve 10 years in federal prison for manipulating a child into sending him sexually explicit photographs and videos. Tyler Justin Pitt, 28, of Ogden, was sentenced Wednesday by U.S. District Court Judge Ann Marie McIff Allen. After his 10 years in prison, he will serve a lifetime on probation, court documents show. Pitt was arrested in 2024 after a southern Utah mother learned that her 15-year-old daughter had sent nude photographs and videos to an adult man, federal prosecutors said. The adult, identified as Pitt, had also sent explicit photos and videos of himself to the minor. According to court documents, the two had met on Snapchat in December 2023, and the girl told Pitt she was 16 years old. For about six months, the two exchanged sexual messages and, at Pitt’s request, the victim sent multiple pictures and videos of her in various states of undress or sexually explicit poses. Prosecutors allege that Pitt convinced the girl they were in an exclusive dating relationship, despite the fact that he had a live-in girlfriend and other online relationships. Although the victim said she didn’t want to take or send the nude photos
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