Pendleton Marine Charged with Sexual Exploitation of Middle School Students

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A Camp Pendleton Marine was charged with multiple felony counts of sexual exploitation of children last month after allegedly sending explicit photos and videos of himself to middle school students and threatening them with rape, according to a partially redacted affidavit obtained by Military.com. Pfc. Justin Ryder Simmons, 19, was arrested June 16 at Camp Pendleton, California. He was extradited to his home state of Colorado later that month where he was booked into a county jail on a $25,000