LAS VEGAS (KLAS) – A person was sentenced to fifteen years in jail for the exploitation of kids whom he met on social media messaging apps after which coerced them to make and ship him youngster sexual abuse materials.
Todd Maxson, 55, started a dialog with a 14-year-old woman in Nevada by way of Telegram, an internet-based social media app that permits customers to message one another privately, in response to courtroom paperwork.
Nearly day by day between September 25, 2023, and October 19, 2023, Maxson ordered, obtained, and paid for sexually specific photographs and movies of the sufferer by way of Money App. Moreover, Maxson sought out females expressing suicidal or depressive tendencies and inspired the habits by requesting sexual content material depicting self-harm, slicing, and bleeding. He would ship knives to the kids to assist them make the movies, in response to courtroom paperwork.
In October 2024, Maxson pleaded responsible to 1 rely every of sexual exploitation of kids, receipt of kid pornography, and possession of kid pornography. Along with imprisonment, beneath the Intercourse Offender Registration and Notification Act, Maxson should register as a intercourse offender and maintain the registration present.
Anybody with info on suspected youngster sexual exploitation can contact the Nationwide Middle for Lacking and Exploited Youngsters by calling 1-800-THE-LOST (1-800-843-5678).
If one is experiencing ideas of suicide or self-harm or is aware of somebody who’s, contact the Nationwide Suicide and Disaster Hotline at 9-8-8.
