(Please excuse blog editor so he can go barf)
"Revere man allegedly posed as Justin Bieber to solicit child porn" by Reenat Sinay Globe Correspondent January 18, 2017
A Revere man was arrested on a charge of possession of child pornography after he allegedly solicited nude photos of a 9-year-old girl in California while he was posing online as pop star Justin Bieber, authorities said Tuesday.
Bryan Asrary, 24, was arrested by State Police and Revere police on Dec. 12, following a weeks-long joint investigation by the Massachusetts State Police and the Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department, according to state Attorney General Maura Healey’s office.
He was arraigned in Chelsea District Court on Dec. 13 and pleaded not guilty, according to a statement from Healey’s office.
Asrary is also facing multiple charges in California, including extortion, the sheriff’s department said in a statement.
The Globe was unable to reach Asrary or a member of his family on Tuesday night.
The victim, now 11 years old, told Los Angeles detectives that she was looking at Justin Bieber’s Instagram account two years ago when she was contacted by another Instagram user, believed to be Asrary.
Asrary told the girl that he knew the pop star and offered to arrange a text meeting between the victim and Bieber, police said.
The girl was directed to set up an account on the social media platform Kik, where she began communicating with someone she believed to be the singer, according to the statement.
Asrary, posing as Bieber, allegedly demanded nude pictures of the victim, threatening to harm her if she didn’t cooperate, the statement said.
The victim sent nude selfies and video to Asrary, police said. She kept the incident a secret at the time, they added.
Two years later, in 2016, Asrary contacted the victim and allegedly threatened to publish and broadcast the photos and video he had if she didn’t send additional nude images, selfies and video, investigators said.
The girl told her mother, who contacted the police, authorities said.
During an interview with Revere and State Police following his arrest, Asrary “not only confessed to extorting the victim for sexual images and videos, but also implicated himself in similar crimes against other young girls throughout the country,” the statement said.
Child pornography was discovered on his cellphone and computer, Los Angeles police said.
Doesn't necessarily mean anything, and it could have been planted from the shadows.
In addition to the pornography charge Asrary faces in Massachusetts, he will face multiple charges in California, such as manufacturing child pornography and communicating with a minor with the intent to commit a sex act, the statement said.
Investigators said Asrary has no actual connection to Justin Bieber but invented the relationship to influence his young victims.
The investigation is ongoing and will seek to identify additional victims, they said.
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Looks like Bye-Bye Birdie for him.
Also see:
Revere officer accused of abusing 5-year-old child
Revere police officer arraigned on child abuse charges
Revere police officer charged with beating her two sons
NDU: Lowell man sentenced for prostituting 13-year-old girl
