Ex-Californian sentenced for child mutilation-sex scheme
LOS ANGELES (AP) — A former Southern California man who convinced troubled girls as young as 12 to perform masochistic acts and urged one to become his sex slave has been sentenced to 27 years in federal prison. Matthew Locher was sentenced in Los Angeles on Tuesday by a judge who called him “a parent’s worst nightmare.” Prosecutors say the former Redondo Beach man got into online conversations with girls suffering from mental health issues, grooming them to harm themselves and send him images. Authorities also say that, encouraged by Locher, a 12-year-old girl ran away from her Ohio home after setting it on fire in a failed bid to kill her parents.
