The Hagerstown man must also register as sex offender.
Greenbelt, MD (LG) A convicted sex offender has been sentenced to 30 years in federal prison for sexual exploitation of multiple minors. Matthew Molnar, 47, of Hagerstown, Maryland will be on 15 years of supervised probation once he is released from prison and he must register as a sex offender in the places where he resides and where he is an employee.
According to the plea agreement, Molnar was convicted of possession of child pornography in 2015. In 2020 and 2021 the man communicated with a minor victim and coerced the victim to produce sexually explicit videos. Authorities said he also traveled to visit the minor victim, falsely saying he was 17 years of age. Police said Molnar had sexual intercourse with the minor on multiple occasions. In February 0f 2020 Molnar started communicating with a Maryland based minor victim, exchanging sexually explicit messages with her, as stated in a press release.
By Loretta Gaines