A 39-year-old St. Paul man has admitted to recording sexually explicit videos of a girl and threatening to tell her family and friends about their “online relationship” if she stopped communicating with him, according to federal documents.

Chedor TV was indicted in U.S. District Court of Minnesota in May with one count each of cyberstalking a minor and transfer of obscene material to a minor.

Chedor TV (Courtesy of the Sherburne County Sheriff’s Office)

On Wednesday, TV pleaded guilty in court to a third charge — production of child pornography, which was added Dec. 27 by felony information, a process by which a defendant agrees to waive a grand jury indictment and instead plead guilty. In exchange, federal prosecutors agreed not to pursue the other charges.

According to the plea agreement, from July 2019 through February 2023, TV created multiple online personas on apps such as Discord and Snapchat in order to cyberstalk a minor victim, who he knew was between 10 and 14 years of age. He used aliases such as “Chang Shin” and “Hailey Ly” to pose as a minor and communicate with the girl. He eventually sent her sexually explicit pictures and messages.

While the girl was unaware that TV was cyberstalking her using the online aliases, he also secretly recorded her showering at his home and recorded a sexually explicit video while she slept. The plea agreement does not detail the relationship between TV and the victim or explain why she was in his home.

Using the persona “Chang,” TV tried to get the girl to send him sexually explicit videos and images, but she refused. When she tried to stop contact with “Chang,” TV threatened to publish the videos and images that he created. He said he’d tell her parents, family and friends about sexual messages and pictures they had exchanged.

The girl reported the threats to her parents and law enforcement and “told them that she was scared Chang was watching her,” the plea agreement states.

The charge carries a mandatory minimum of 15 years in prison, followed by at least five years of supervised release and sex offender registration requirements.

State court records show TV has no criminal convictions beyond a misdemeanor driving without insurance citation in 2021.

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