Police say a Chattanooga man posed as a child to lure young women into sending him sexual poses

Michael Ray Buckley

Police say a 32-year-old man posed as a child online in a scheme to lure young women into sending him sexual poses.

Michael Ray Buckley, of 3809 Dodds Ave., is charged with aggravated sexual exploitation of a minor, 12 counts of sexual exploitation of a minor by electronic means, and 11 counts of particularly aggravated sexual exploitation of a minor.

Chattanooga police were contacted by the FBI’s St. Louis office about a Chattanooga man selling child sexual abuse material.

Police were able to obtain online accounts for Buckley and discovered that he had been corresponding with a 10-year-old girl who sent him explicit videos that he had requested. Buckley later admitted that he had corresponded with the girl and a handful of other young girls and sold their videos. He then paid the young girls from what he received.