Lewiston Man Charged with Exploiting and Enticing a Child Over the Internet Scheduled to be Sentenced Next Week - bigcountrynewsconnection.com

LEWISTON - A 33-year-old Lewiston antheral charged with enticing a kid implicit the net and the exploitation of a kid is scheduled to beryllium sentenced successful tribunal connected November 2.

Gary J. Hardin, of Lewiston, was initially arrested successful March of 2022.

According to a probable origin affidavit obtained by Big Country News Connection, Hardin was recovered to person been communicating with a insignificant via Snapchat, attempting to solicit intersexual images from the insignificant portion besides sending her explicit photographs of himself.

The probe began successful aboriginal March 2022 aft the genitor of the kid notified the Lewiston Police Department that they had reviewed contents connected their child's telephone which revealed the kid had been communicating via Snapchat with a "man with a beard," who was aboriginal identified arsenic Hardin.

After learning this information, the acrophobic genitor past began messaging Gary connected the phone, posing arsenic the child. According to the probable origin affidavit, Hardin would consistently nonstop messages via Snapchat that contained substance and pictures of his face. He past reportedly started requesting photos of the child, sending messages saying helium was going to "be her first." In the messages, Gary besides reportedly acknowledged the utmost property spread betwixt himself and the child.

As the conversations continued, Hardin became much insistent connected receiving photos of the child. Hardin past nonstop intersexual photos of himself, afloat exposed.

After learning and reviewing the information, constabulary contacted Hardin astatine his workplace, wherever helium agreed to talk with officers. After being work his Miranda rights, Hardin past admitted to utilizing Snapchat for astir 10 years. When confronted astir his enactment connected the app, helium besides admitted to soliciting sexually exploitative images from the kid for his intersexual gratification.

While speaking with instrumentality enforcement, Hardin besides identified different juvenile miss from which helium had received a intersexual video from sometime betwixt September 2021 and January 2022.

Based connected the information, Hardin was arrested for Enticing a Child Through the Use of the Internet, a felony, and Sexual Exploitation of a Child.

Hardin is scheduled to beryllium sentenced Wednesday, November 2, 2022.