(Reported by Beaver County Radio News Correspondent Sandy Giordano, Published on November 8th, 2024 at 7:55 A.M.)

On Thursday, an Ellwood City man has pleaded guilty after being charged of sexually exploiting a minor. According to a release from United States Attorney Eric Olshan, thirty-year-old Shayne Clapper pleaded guilty to five counts before United States District Judge William S. Stickman. Olshan noted that Clapper initiated a sexual relationship with a minor known to him, gave the minor a cell phone, and then forced the minor to send nude pictures as well as content to make a pornographic video. Olshan also expressed that Judge Stickman set the sentencing time for Clapper at 1:30 p.m. on March 12, 2025, with a punishment of either a lifelong stint in prison or a quarter of a million dollar fine, or both.