Documents: Registered sex offender in Tyler posed as young girl, shared child porn on Snapchat
Published 1:05 pm Tuesday, April 8, 2025
- Jodi Mack Hester
TYLER, Texas — Arrest documents allege an East Texas man, who is already a registered sex offender, pretended to be a 10-year-old girl and sent pornographic images via Snapchat.
Jodi Mack Hester, 56, of Tyler, was arrested on a possession of child pornography with intent to promote. He remains jailed on a $500,000 bond.
According to an arrest affidavit, the Smith County Sheriff’s Office was alerted to online chats showing a man wanted to have his 10-year-old “daughter” involved in sexual activity. The user was identified as Hester and the investigator found a photo of him in women’s lingerie.