Jacob Glenn, 26, of Cicero, was sentenced to 30 years in federal jail after pleading responsible to sexual exploitation and intercourse trafficking of a kid.

In line with court docket paperwork, Glenn used Snapchat to speak with women between 13- and 15-years-old, falsely claiming to be a teen boy and providing to buy nicotine or vape pens in change for intercourse. Glenn’s Snapchat username, “theplugfogshyde” was supposed to point that he might get hold of vape pens for others he met on-line.

On two events in 2021, Glenn coerced and enticed a lady between 12- and 15-years-old to sneak out of her house after midnight to get vapes from him, together with on Christmas Eve. Glenn picked the kid up and drove her to a close-by truck cease the place he advised her that he wouldn’t settle for money for the vapes. As a substitute, Glenn mentioned they might work out a “deal” the place she might pay him with intercourse.

Glenn picked up the identical youngster once more on Jan. 17, 2022, and coerced and enticed her to interact in intercourse acts in change for vape pens. He used his cellphone to file the sexual conduct he engaged in with the kid and instructed her to not inform anybody about his abuse. Glenn later used Snapchat to ship a replica of the kid sexual abuse video to 2 different minor women.

Glenn engaged in an analogous course of prison conduct with one other minor lady he met on Snapchat between December 2021 and January 2022. The second sufferer was lower than 14-years-old.

On Jan. 9, 2022, after a dialog by way of Snapchat, Glenn picked the second sufferer up close to her house, drove her to a close-by truck cease, and engaged in sexual conduct in change for vape pens.

Glenn additionally tried to persuade a baby who was a good friend of the second sufferer to interact in intercourse in change for vapes, however they didn’t meet in particular person.

A regulation enforcement assessment of Glenn’s Snapchat account discovered conversations between Glenn and a number of different women between the ages of 13 and 15. In a few of these conversations, Glenn supplied nicotine or alcohol in change for intercourse or nude photographs.

Glenn has a historical past of participating in illegal intercourse acts with youngsters. In October 2020, he engaged in intercourse with a lady who was between 14- and 15-years-old. Glenn was 23 on the time. On October 19, 2020, Glenn was arrested and charged in Madison County for crimes associated to this abuse. Glenn admitted to regulation enforcement that he engaged in sexual activity with a 14-year-old lady on a number of events, and that he knew her true age throughout no less than among the time he was participating in intercourse acts together with her.

Glenn was out on bond for these expenses on the time he exploited the 2 youngsters in December 2021 and January 2022.

“These heinous crimes are certainly one of a household’s worst nightmares. The unhappy fact is that functions like Snapchat should not at all times protected areas, they’re typically searching grounds for predators who search gratification from their sexual abuse of our kids,” mentioned Zachary A. Myers, U.S. Lawyer for the Southern District of Indiana. “The federal jail sentence imposed right here ensures that the general public can be protected against this prison for many years to return.

“Different on-line predators ought to take discover that the Indiana Web Crimes Towards Youngsters Activity Power, together with the FBI, IMPD, and our federal prosecutors, will work tirelessly to carry them accountable and make our kids safer from abuse.”

The FBI and IMPD investigated this case with help supplied by the Montgomery County Sheriff’s Division, the Madison County Sheriff’s Division and the Chesterfield Police Division. The sentence was imposed by U.S. District Courtroom Choose James P. Hanlon. Choose Hanlon additionally ordered that Glenn be supervised by the U.S. Probation Workplace for all times following his launch from federal jail.

This case was introduced as a part of Venture Protected Childhood, a nationwide initiative launched in Might 2006 by the Division of Justice to fight the rising epidemic of kid sexual exploitation and abuse. Led by U.S. Attorneys’ Places of work and the Baby Exploitation and Obscenity Part, Venture Protected Childhood marshals federal, state, and native sources to higher find, apprehend and prosecute people who exploit youngsters by way of the web, in addition to to determine and rescue victims.