SYRACUSE, N.Y. (WSYR-TV) — New York State Police and Manlius Police have arrested a Van Buren man they say tried to sexually exploit children who go to Pine Grove Middle School in the ESM school district. 24-year-old Louis E. Fratangelo Jr. was arrested and charged with multiple crimes as a result of the investigation. The investigation began after multiple middle school-aged children (ages 10 to 14) reported to Manlius Police that an unknown person hacked into their Snapchat accounts and stole naked images of them. Investigators say Fratangelo would then would extort the children for additional nude photos under the threat of sending the ones he had to their families and friends at the school. In one instance, police say Fratangelo identified the location of the middle school child and parked outside the child’s home. State Police and the FBI executed a search warrant at Fratangelo’s residence and found two illegal AR-style firearms, body armor, child pornography, and illegal fireworks. The New York State Police Computer Crime Unit (CCU) conducted forensic previews on seized items and located thousands of images of child pornography (infant to pre-teen), child pornography which the state police alleged Fratangelo produced with a local child, and
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Van Buren man accused of hacking children's Snapchat accounts and trying to extort them
