SALT LAKE CITY — A West Valley man is facing criminal charges accusing him of paying a teenage girl he met on Snapchat for sex.

Moses Corrales, 29, was charged Tuesday in 3rd District Court with human trafficking for sexual exploitation, a second-degree felony, and unlawful sexual activity with a minor, a third-degree felony.

The investigation began when a girl contacted police and said she had met Corrales on Snapchat when she was 15.

"She described that she met with Corrales at a park in Salt Lake County and had sex with him in the back seat of his car … and once he was done, he sent her $300," according to charging documents. "(She also) sent Corrales nude photographs for money."

Prosecutors have requested that Corrales be held in the Salt Lake County Jail without the possibility of

See Full Page