BYRON CENTER, Mich. — A Byron Center man who admitted to sexually exploiting a teen girl online will learn his sentence before a federal judge in November.

Eric Terrell pleaded guilty to attempted sexual exploitation of a child on Monday.

He's accused of swapping nude photos with a young girl and encouraging her to cut his name into her skin. He admitted to both.

Federal prosecutors indicted him in March 2025, accusing Terrell of the attempted sexual exploitation of a child dating to December 2024 in Kent County. The FBI arrested Terrell in Grand Rapids on March 6.

According to the criminal complaint, someone submitted an anonymous tip from OK2Say about an adult having sexual conversations with a minor to the Kent County Sheriff's Office in January 2025.

The tip alleged that the Byron

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