YORK, S.C. (AP) _ Authorities say a convicted sex offender thought he was
sending nude pictures through Instagram to a teen girl in Arizona, who turned
out to be a police officer in Arkansas.
Twenty-seven-year-old Robert Michael Shipman is charged with 10 counts of
sexual exploitation of a minor and one count of attempted dissemination of
pornography to a minor.
South Carolina Attorney General’s Office spokesman Robert Kittle tells The
Herald that Shipman contacted someone he thought was a 16-year-old girl through
Instagram. He sent and received nude photos, but was actually corresponding with
a police officer in Conway, Arkansas. A search of Shipman’s electronics then
yielded child pornography.
Shipman was convicted of criminal sexual conduct against minors in 2012.
It’s unclear whether he has a lawyer.
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