ST. LOUIS – A shocking case of child exploitation has come to light in Missouri. Andrew Raymond Crum, a 33-year-old man from Toledo, Ohio, has admitted to engaging in sex acts with a Missouri minor.
Crum, who pleaded guilty in U.S. District Court in St. Louis to one count of coercion or enticement of a minor, admitted to meeting the 14-year-old girl via social media in 2021. He began driving to Missouri to have sex with the girl in February 2024, when she was 16, and exchanged sexually explicit images and videos with the victim via Snapchat, where he used the name “Sassy Man.”
The FBI was alerted in October 2024 about Crum’s plans to return to Missouri and then located and contacted the victim and her mother.
Crum is scheduled to be sentenced on June 29. The charge carries a mandatory minimum of 10 years in prison.
Assistant U.S. Attorney Dianna Edwards prosecuted the case, while the FBI investigated the matter.
This case was brought as part of Project Safe Childhood, a nationwide initiative to combat the growing epidemic of child sexual exploitation and abuse launched in May 2006 by the U.S. government. Project Safe Childhood marshals federal, state, and local resources to better locate, apprehend, and prosecute individuals who exploit children via the Internet, as well as to identify and rescue victims.
For more information about Project Safe Childhood, please visit www.justice.gov/psc.
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Key Facts
- State: Missouri
- Category: Sex Crimes
- Source: DOJ Press Release â†â€â€
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