Kentucky man sentenced for sexual exploitation of child – 95.3 MNC

A man from Kentucky was sentenced this week to 45 years in federal prison for the sexual exploitation of a child in Indiana. Court documents in 2019 show that 30-year-old Darren Ringenberg of Louisville, Kentucky was previously convicted in Kentucky on 20 counts of possession of matter portraying a sexual performance by a minor and was required to register as a sex offender for life. He was released for the Kentucky offense. Police say in June 2023, Ringenberg began using the Snapchat username “devil_hell6969” to communicate with a nine-year-old girl in Monroe County and forced her to send sexually explicit images and videos. He also threatened to hack into her social media accounts and remove all of her friends if she didn’t comply. Ringenberg would go on to direct the girl as to what images to send, how to take the photos, and told her that they could meet in person in the future. He also falsely claimed to be 16 years old and would screen-record and save many of the images and conversations with the girl knowing about it. A tip about his online behavior was sent to law enforcement which searched both his Snapchat account and his home
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