A 24-year-old Arizona man pleaded not guilty today to charges that he used sexually explicit photos and direct messages on Instagram to a Honolulu girl for more than a year.
, was indicted on May 16 on a single count of sexual exploitation of a child. He was originally charged via a criminal complaint on April 24 with production/attempted production of child pornography.
He entered a plea today before U.S. Magistrate Judge Rom A. Trader, according to federal court records. He is scheduled to stand trial before U.S. District Judge Derrick K. Watson at 9 a.m.
Hill is in custody at the Federal Detention Center in Honolulu ahead of a detention hearing scheduled for June 10 in Trader court.
Hill lived in Hawaii until he moved to Arizona with his parents around 2017.
From November 2, 2020, through November 15, 2021, Hill allegedly convinced a 13-year-old girl “to engage in sexually explicit conduct for the purpose of producing a visual representation of such conduct and for the purpose of broadcasting a live video.” visual representation” of the conduct, the complaint said.
Hill, who reportedly used more than 100 Instagram accounts, Hill’s alleged victim, who was 13 when she knew Hill, told federal agents that she virtually “met” Hill when he “found and started following her on Instagram,” which led to direct messages between the two on the social media platform.
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