Lake in the Hills man allegedly chatted with 100+ children on Snapchat, solicited explicit …

Prosecutors alleged Thursday that a Lake in the Hills man used Snapchat to solicit sexually explicit videos from four children – ages 10 to 15 – and had inappropriate conversations with more than 100. Ryan Shapiro, 47, is charged with four counts of soliciting a child for sexually explicit videos, Class X felonies, according to the criminal complaint filed in the McHenry County court. Shapiro was arrested Wednesday following an investigation that involved the FBI tracking multiple IP addresses to Shapiro and devices he used to commit the alleged offenses from home and work, Assistant State’s Attorney Daniel Conroy said. He made his first appearance before a judge Thursday, during which Conroy said Shapiro is dangerous to the identified children he interacted with as well as any child and should be detained. Judge Cynthia Lamb agreed and denied the systems administrator pretrial release. Conroy said Shapiro has a felony conviction on his record from 10 years ago for theft of more than $10,000, a Class 2 felony, “a crime of dishonesty.” Shapiro is now accused of having conversations via Snapchat with more than 100 children, according to prosecutors. He is charged with exchanging explicit videos with four children, ages 10
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