WILLISTON, N.D. — A North Dakota man is accused of paying a teenage girl for explicit photographs and videos, and performing sex acts on the girl, authorities said.
Travis Ottney, 36, of Wyoming, was arrested Thursday and charged with a Class C felony count of corruption or solicitation of a minor, the Williston Herald reported.
Bail was set at $25,000, KFYR reported.
According to a probable cause affidavit filed in Northwest District Court, in early January a 16-year-old girl told a Williston police detective that Ottney performed sex acts on her several times between May 2019 and August 2019. Ottney also allegedly told the teen he would pay her for nude photos and videos,” the Herald reported.
“She would provide nude photographs, photographs of her feet, and videos of her masturbating to Ottney in exchange for payment including vape pods and vape juice,” investigators wrote in the affidavit.
According to a saved Snapchat conversation found by police, the victim told one of Ottney’s employees that she was going to see “Trav” and pick up pods, KFYR reported.
A preliminary hearing on the charge is scheduled for March 10.