Central Ohio man who used Snapchat to obtain child pornography pleads guilty
COLUMBUS, Ohio (WCMH) -- A Perry County man could face up to 23 years in person after he pleaded guilty in connection to charges he obtained child pornography on Snapchat.
Clay Thomas Wolfe, 28, pleaded guilty in U.S. District Court on Wednesday to sexually exploiting minors and possessing child pornography. Using Snapchat, Wolfe solicited child pornography, primarily from middle and high school boys.
According to a Department of Justice news release, Wolfe pretended starting in 2018 to be a 15-year-old female on the app to obtain the illegal materials. Videos of minors as young as 10 were found. In total, Wolfe received an estimated 850 images and 570 videos depicting child pornography.
The investigation was initiated in April 2022, when Pennsylvania law enforcement officials were made aware of a sixth-grade student sharing a nude photograph of a classmate that he had received from Wolfe.
Wolfe was arrested and charged in June.