A Starke man was sentenced to eight years in prison after he pleaded to communicating with children on Facebook, Twitter, and other social media and persuading them to send him pornographic images of themselves, then paying the children for the images.
Joshua Kelvin Pelham, 33, pleaded to seven counts of possession of child pornography, five counts of obscene communication through an electronic device, and one count each of failure of a sexual offender to register internet identifiers, failure to report after vacating a residence, and failure to comply with registration laws.
According to court papers, the defendant used social media platforms to contact underaged females, engaged in obscene communications with them and paid the teens through Cash App after they sent him images of themselves engaging in sex acts.
