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A northern Virginia<\/a> man who engaged in nearly 1,000 sexual conversations over live video with girls between the ages of 7-17, enticing some to engage in sexually explicit behavior, was sentenced to 16 years in prison.<\/p>\n

The U.S. Department of Justice<\/a> said law enforcement officials first learned about 21-year-old Anthony Benton, formerly of Manassas, after he purchased child sexual abuse material showing what appeared to be children as young as 5 years old being sexually abused, over the messaging app Telegram.<\/p>\n

Authorities executed a search warrant at Benton\u2019s home and learned he used the livestreaming video application Omegle to produce child sexual abuse material for around three years starting in 2020.<\/p>\n

VIRGINIA TO PAY $1.5M TO MAN WHO SERVED 20 YEARS IN PRISON FOR CHILD SEXUAL ABUSE, LATER FOUND INNOCENT<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n

The DOJ said Benton had sexual conversations with about 1,000 girls over live video. He also persuaded some of the girls to engage in sexually explicit conduct, the DOJ said.<\/p>\n

Benton was found guilty<\/a> of recording and saving about 72 videos of minors without them knowing they were being recorded.<\/p>\n

VIRGINIA MAN BEHIND BARS FOR ABDUCTION, SEXUAL ASSAULT MAY HAVE MORE VICTIMS: POLICE<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n

In one video, Benton exchanged texts with a 10-year-old, and convinced her that he was only 15 years old.<\/p>\n

Once the girl told Benton her age, the DOJ said, he promised her their conversation was “just between us.”<\/p>\n

Homeland Security Investigations (HSI) handled the case while McKenzie Hightower of the DOJ\u2019s Criminal Division\u2019s Child Exploitation and Obscenity Section prosecuted the case.<\/p>\n

The case was brought on as part of Project Safe Childhood, an initiative in the U.S. that combats child sexual exploitation and abuse that was launched in 2006.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

Source – https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/us\/virginia-man-sentenced-prison-recording-sexual-video-chats-minors <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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