(Editor’s Note: The following is a press release from the Ocean City Police Department printed in its entirety.)
OCEAN CITY — As winter break approaches, the Ocean City Police Department wants to remind parents and caregivers of the dangers children face with social media and online chat applications.
The Ocean City Police Department and the Worcester County State Attorney’s Office just successfully closed an investigation regarding inappropriate sexual conversations that took place between a juvenile located in Ocean City and an adult in Tulsa, Okla.
Wyatt Andrew Johnson, 24, of Tulsa, Okla., pleaded guilty to one count of publishing/distributing obscene material on Nov. 27. The Ocean City Police Department began investigating Johnson in June 2020 when Child Protective Services (CPS) referred the case.
During the investigation, detectives learned the juvenile (14 years old at the time) and Johnson were having an online sexual relationship through numerous chat applications, such as Discord, Facebook Messenger, Instagram and iMessage. Utilizing various law enforcement databases, detectives were able to positively identify Johnson and obtain several months of conversations and records.
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