ET Man Guilty Of “Sextortion”

An East Texas man has pleaded guilty in Illinois to sexual extort of more than 40 young girls in eight states. Mark Barnwell of Whitehouse, a registered sex offender, pleaded guilty to using false identifications on Facebook to attract young girls to modeling careers. The girls were told to take compromising pictures of themselves and Barnwell threatened them if they refused to send more pictures. He’s scheduled for sentencing in January.