CLEVELAND, Ohio — A Lorain County man who posed as the owner of a modeling agency to lure underage girls into sending sexually explicit images has been sentenced to 30 years in federal prison.

Joshua R. Glover, 36, of Elyria, told dozens of girls online that he ran a modeling agency called Mary J Studios. He either paid some of the girls for explicit videos or dangled the prospect of money in exchange for more images, prosecutors said.

U.S. District Judge Dan Polster sentenced Glover last week. Glover previously pleaded guilty in July to charges of receiving and distributing child sexual abuse material and possessing child pornography. He will also serve 10 years of supervised release and pay $2,000 toward a fund for victims.

Glover used Snapchat between January 2022 and January 2024 to

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