Substitute teacher charged for alleged sextortion of minors
By Rose Semenov
CARVER, Minn. (FOX 9) - A 25-year-old substitute teacher has been federally charged for an alleged sextortion case involving minors and authorities believe there could be more victims.
Mitchell James Ottinger of Carver, Minnesota was arrested on Tuesday. He is charged with two counts of production and attempted production of child pornography and two counts of making extortionate threats.
According to court documents, Ottinger pretended to be a young woman on the internet in order to get the images and videos of minors and an adult. Some of his aliases included Taylor Malek and Rachel Meyer.
Kelly Harper, 37, was arrested in Columbus on Friday after she allegedly admitted to the FBI that she used a murder-for-hire site on the dark web to arrange for someone to kill the victim.
Cameras weren't allowed inside the federal courthouse in Fort Worth. The Monday hearing lasted just five minutes and Brock was escorted into the courtroom by two U.S Marshals.
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