Ryan Shapiro Courtesy of McHenry County Sheriff's Office

A Lake in the Hills man is accused of using Snapchat to solicit sexually explicit videos from four children — ages 10 to 15 — and having inappropriate conversations with more than 100 children, according to prosecutors.

Ryan Shapiro, 47, is charged with four felony counts of soliciting a child for sexually explicit videos, according to the criminal complaint filed in the McHenry County court.

Shapiro was arrested Wednesday following an investigation involving the FBI tracking multiple IP addresses to Shapiro and devices he used to commit the offenses from home and work, Assistant State’s Attorney Daniel Conroy said.

Shapiro made his first appearance before a judge Thursday, during which Conroy said he is dangerous to the identif

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