Man sentenced to 16+ years for soliciting child porn via Snapchat – Alton Telegraph

Scott Nunn, Hearst MidwestAug. 5, 2022 A Macon County, Missouri man was sentenced Aug. 3 to serve 16 years, eight months in prison for using Snapchat to trick a minor into sending him child pornography.Zolnierek/Getty Images/iStockphoto A Macon County, Missouri man was sentenced Aug. 3 to serve 16 years, and eight months in prison for using Snapchat to trick a minor into sending him child pornography. According to a release from the U.S. Department of Justice, Martin Dwayne Isaia Mitchell, set up a fake Snapchat account in which he pretended to be female and then reached out to a 15-year-old boy that he knew. “Mitchell, who was 20 at the time, convinced the boy to record a video of him (doing lewd acts) and send it to Mitchell,” the release reads. “Using a different fake female profile, Mitchell contacted the boy again in 2020 and sent him explicit videos to entice the boy to send pictures in return. Once Mitchell received the teen’s explicit pictures, he threatened to send them to others unless the teen paid $500.” Mitchell then created a third profile and contacted an adult male that he knew to obtain more explicit photos. However, the male was able…
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