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William “Willy” Alexander Korthals booking photo courtesy of Carteret County Sheriff’s Office

William “Willy” Alexander Korthals booking photo courtesy of Carteret County Sheriff’s Office

William Korthals took the bait when an FBI agent conducting a sting in an online chat room asked if anyone would have sex with his 9-year-old and this week, more than a year after Korthal’s arrest, he finally pleaded guilty to federal child pornography charges.

The guilty plea and criminal complaint documents were obtained Wednesday by Law&Crime and outline how the Beaufort, North Carolina, man walked right into the waiting arms of the FBI’s Project Safe Childhood probe.

Prosecutors said Korthals chatted with an undercover FBI agent for more than a year using the social media platform Kik, requesting obscene materials including “live photographs” of a purported 9-year-old child in explicit situations.

The FBI had been looking into child abuse communities on Kik that dub themselves “active parent” groups. Authorities say those groups are nefarious and serve as a place for parents or guardians who sexually abuse or exploit their children, to chat.

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