A Boston man who would dress up in Spider-Man and other superhero costumes has been federally sentenced to more than 25 years in prison on child exploitation offenses.

Federal judge Margaret R. Guzman has sentenced Jalen Latimer, 26, of Roxbury, to 28 years in prison, followed by 15 years of supervised release. The judge also ordered the defendant to pay restitution once the amount is determined.

Latimer “was known to dress up as a superhero” who would interact with children, according to a release from Massachusetts U.S. Attorney Leah Foley’s office.

The defendant, currently serving a 15-year sentence in state prison, pleaded guilty to one count of conspiracy to commit sex trafficking and two counts of sexual exploitation of a minor last December.

The state prison sentence, handed down last March following Latimer’s arrest in January 2024, will run concurrently with the federal sentence, Foley’s office said. State authorities convicted the defendant of three counts of aggravated rape of a child, four counts of aggravated indecent assault and battery on a child and human trafficking of a minor.

Latimer and another man, Michael LaMountain, 42, of Oxford, are said to have “recorded themselves raping a ten year old” in July 2022, Foley’s office highlighted in its release.

“The minor victim’s five-year-old sibling was used to create the recording of the sexual assault,” the office added. “Over a year later, in July 2023, Latimer conspired with that same adult to arrange the sexual assault of another child. Latimer was asked to pay $50 for the child, however, Latimer offered $20 and marijuana.”

FBI Special Agent Jennifer L. Gerega wrote in a redacted affidavit that Latimer appeared to be wearing a “black T-shirt with a red Spider-Man logo” in videos that authorities obtained showing that the defendant and LaMountain enticed a minor to “engage in sexually explicit conduct.”

LaMountain, accused of raping three children in Worcester County, faces a slew of counts relative to child rape, trafficking minors, indecent assault and batter on a child under age 14, posing/exhibiting a child in a sexual act, among other offenses.

The news website Patch spotlighted Latimer in an article in May 2018 about him dressing up as Spider-Man and other superheroes around Boston and on the T. The story was picked up internationally by the Daily Mail.

The then teenager told the Patch that dressing up as superheroes helped him overcome what he described as “extreme social anxiety.” “I really like bringing smiles to these kids faces,” he said. “Ultimately [I do this] to bring joy to the kids.”