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Tolland County resident Daryl Todd of Vernon was arrested on Thursday, March 7, and charged with child exploitation offenses, the US Attorney's Office for the District of Connecticut announced.
According to federal officials, Todd's arrest followed an investigation conducted by the FBI's Child Exploitation Task Force that determined he had used Snapchat to communicate with minor girls. During these communications, Todd would allegedly entice the girls to send him explicit images and videos of themselves often in return for money that he sent his victims using Cash App, a mobile payment service.
Todd was arrested following the execution of a court-authorized search warrant at his home and a preliminary review of his cellphone, which revealed sexually explicit images of minor girls, officials said.
Todd is now charged with:
- Transfer of obscene material to minors, which carries a maximum prison sentence of ten years;
- Receipt of child pornography, which carries a mandatory minimum sentence of five years and a maximum sentence of 20 years;
- Enticement of a minor to engage in sexual activity, which carries a mandatory minimum sentence of ten years and a maximum sentence of life in prison.
After his arrest, Todd was ordered detained pending a detention hearing scheduled for Monday, March 11.
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