Butler County man sentenced to 29 years in prison for sexually exploiting toddler on Snapchat

CINCINNATI - A Middletown man was sentenced in federal court in Cincinnati to 348 months in prison for sexually exploiting a toddler in Snapchat videos.

Daveion Wright, 32, was indicted by a federal grand jury in March 2024. He pleaded guilty in April 2025.

According to court documents, on at least five instances in January 2024, Wright sexually exploited a 2-year-old victim, uploaded videos of the explicit conduct, and shared one video on Snapchat.

For example, one 54-second video depicted Wright and an adult female having vaginal intercourse as the toddler victim pushed on Wright's hips. The other videos showed Wright exposing the toddler's anus and vagina while Wright had intercourse with the adult female.

As part of Wright's sentencing, the United States detailed in its court filings that local law enforcement received at least three other complaints against Wright involving different child victims between 2019 and 2023, including allegations of inappropriately touching victims at a sleepover.

Dominick S. Gerace II, United States Attorney for the Southern District of Ohio; Elena Iatarola, Special Agent in Charge, Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI), Cincinnati Division and Middletown Police Chief Earl Nelson announced the sentence imposed on Sept. 9 by Senior U.S. District Judge Michael R. Barrett. Assistant United States Attorney Kyle J. Healey is representing the United States in this case.

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