Matthew Felton, of Somersworth, pleaded guilty in January to child pornography charges. He used social media accounts for a year to convince three girls in Canada, ranging in age from 12 to 14, that he would help them secure modeling contracts if they sent the suggestive photos. Felton, 38, used an account with the screen name "gnuymevul," which spells "luv em yung" backward. The defendant pretended to have a year-old daughter who also did "nude modeling" to gain the children's trust. The prosecution said Felton would threaten to post their pictures online when the girls did not comply with his requests.
It all started with a mysterious MSN message asking me if I'd like to be a model.
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Illustration by Lia Kantrowitz. You can read more stories from the issue here. After gossiping about our times in high school, we began telling stories of our final summers spent in rural France, where we grew up. The secret got me excited; we were sharing classified stories. Chills ran down my spine. Seeing my face, she shouted in disbelief—so loudly that the waitress nearby almost dropped the soup off her tray. Turns out, Chloe and I had both been approached around the year On the same platform. By the same woman—or at least people using the same name. Recalling the experience, I was jolted back to that spring day when it all started.
AP — A New Hampshire man who posed online as a modeling agency representative to get sexually explicit photos of young girls was sentenced Wednesday to 25 years in federal prison. Matthew Felton, of Somersworth, pleaded guilty in January to child pornography charges. He used social media accounts for a year to convince three girls in Canada, ranging in age from 12 to 14, that he would help them secure modeling contracts if they sent the suggestive photos. The prosecution said Felton would threaten to post their pictures online when the girls did not comply with his requests. Felton allegedly attempted to reach into the pajama bottoms of a 7-year-old girl while he was intoxicated and was charged with a sex crime in They said he had a difficult upbringing and suffered from alcohol and drug abuse. His lawyer had no comment on the sentencing. Attorney Scott Murray said. All News Video.
An indictment against Christopher Goodin, 33, was brought in federal court this week. Goodin's alleged victim is a child in Utah. The Elyria resident is also accused of other child pornography crimes, the Department of Justice said. The FBI led the investigation into Goodin. The bureau said he posed as a year-old girl, under the screen name "Shorty" on the chat app Kik. He then befriended the Utah girl and confided in her that "Shorty" was being bullied by an older man, court documents said. Goodin also posed as the abusive older man, under the screen name "Sambamo1. The victim did just that, court documents said. The Utah girl eventually told her mother what had happened.
