Des Moines, IA- A Des Moines man has been sentenced to 30 years in prison for multiple child exploitation charges.
27-year-old Shaun Taylor Solem of Des Moines was sentenced Wednesday, February 1st to 360 months in prison.
According to Court Documents, in 2019 and 2020 Solem communicated with multiple minor females on the social media app Snapchat, including victims he knew were as young as twelve years old. During these communications, Solem falsely stated he was a similar age.
Solem requested and received sexually explicit images from many of the victims. He directed several of the minor victims to take explicit photos or videos of themselves and multiple victims did. After receiving the images, Solem threatened to disseminate their images to family, friends, or publicly if the victims did not continue to send sexual images to him.
The minor victims ranged in age from 12 to 16 years old and were located across the United States, including at least three minor victims who lived near Des Moines.
