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Des Moines man charged with sending explicit images to detective posing as teenager

February 14, 2025
KCCI Staff - KCCI

    DES MOINES, Iowa (KCCI) -- A Des Moines man is in jail and accused of sending obscene material to someone he thought was 15-years-old.

According to court documents, Ali Ward, 25, contacted an account on social media that was actually run by a detective posing as a teenager. Authorities say Ward sent the account multiple sexual and pornographic images.

Ward was booked into Polk County Jail and charged with dissemination of obscene material to a minor.

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