Upstate NY man who ran an online extremist network pleads guilty to coercing minor to send images
Jun 24, 2026
A 20-year-old Upstate New York man who was an administrator of an online extremist network that targeted vulnerable minors has pleaded guilty to receiving child pornography.Jerry N. Butler III of Walton (Delaware County) admitted in federal court that he used a social media messaging app to coerce a
n out-of-state minor into creating and sending sexually explicit images of herself during January and February 2025. ...read more read less