The victims, ages 13 through 17, told investigators they believed they were talking with a teenage boy named Ben, who was actually Kenneth L. Schmidt hiding behind fake profiles. — Photo by Jay Wennington on Unsplash
A Lancaster County man who was sentenced to 35 years in federal prison for child pornography earlier this year received an additional sentence from the state this week after he used fake online profiles to solicit nude images and videos from children that he would later share online, according to the county district attorney’s office.
The victims, ages 13 through 17, told investigators they believed they were talking with a teenage boy named Ben, who was actually Kenneth L. Schmidt hiding behind fake profiles.
