Pennsylvania Man Pleads Guilty to Attempting to Transfer Obscene Material to a Minor

Bangor, Maine:  A New Cumberland, Pennsylvania man pleaded guilty today in federal court in Bangor to attempting to transfer obscene material to a minor, U.S. Attorney Halsey B. Frank announced.

According to court records, Aaron Dyer, 34, using the multimedia messaging application Snapchat, sent images of his genitalia to the internet connected device of a 10-year-old girl living in Maine.  Dyer requested in a message accompanying the images that the girl send back nude images of herself.  The defendant admitted that he was aware that the intended recipient of his Snapchat message was 10 years old.  The images were intercepted by the girl’s mother before they were viewed by the girl. 

Dyer faces up to 10 years in prison and a $250,000 fine. He will be sentenced after the completion of a presentence investigation report by the U.S. Probation Office.

Immigration and Customs Enforcement’s Homeland Security Investigations and the Maine State Police investigated the case.