Former Serviceman Sentenced to 15½ Years in Maryland Child Sexual Exploitation Case
Daniel Lara-Salazar was sentenced to 15 and a half years in federal prison after pleading guilty to sexually exploiting a child.
2 reports on this incident · first at Aug 25, 2026, 8:50 a.m. ET
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Former Serviceman Sentenced in Maryland Child Sexual Exploitation Case
A former serviceman has been sentenced to 15 and a half years in federal prison for sexually exploiting a child, according to WFMD. The sentencing took place in a case that began with communications on Snapchat in June 2024.
According to his guilty plea, Daniel Lara-Salazar was stationed at Puyallup, Washington, when he began communicating with a minor girl in Maryland through Snapchat. Prosecutors say he coerced and enticed the girl to send sexually explicit images and videos, continuing the exploitation through July. Investigators later discovered Lara-Salazar had also used Snapchat to communicate with three other minor girls living in Texas and elsewhere and solicited sexually explicit images from them.
The case was investigated by the Frederick County Sheriff's Office, the Frederick County State's Attorney's Office, and Homeland Security Investigations, as reported by WFMD.
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