Slade Sohmer biography: 13 things about East Otis, Massachusetts man

Slade B. Sohmer is an American man from East Otis, Otis, Berkshire County, Massachusetts, United States. He has lived in different parts of New York, USA including Brooklyn, New York City and Jericho.

Sohmer previously lived in Evanston, Illinois, USA. Here are 13 more things about him:

1. From 1997 to 2001, he attended Northwestern University where he earned his bachelor’s degree in journalism.
2. In August 2010, he became a co-director of Camp Power, which provides children from New York City’s most underfunded and underserved neighborhoods with freedom and encouragement.
3. In October 2010, he became the editor-in-chief of HyperVocal in New York City, which he co-founded.
4. From July 2012 to July 2014, he was a Sirius XM Radio host in New York City.
5. From February 2015 to February 2017, he was the managing editor of Mic in New York City.
6. From March 2017 to February 2018, he was the managing editor of Beme in New York City.
7. In February 2019, he joined Recount Media in New York as the editor-in-chief.
8. In 2021, he had conversations with someone on Telegram about plans to lure, kidnap and assault children.
9. On June 16, 2023, the Berkshire County Law Enforcement Task Force initiated an investigation into him following a tip from the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children. 
10. On October 17, 2023, a search warrant was executed at his residence in East Otis and it resulted in the seizure of his phones and multiple electronic devices, which contained a thousand explicit images and videos. Hundreds of them involve child pornography, depicting the assault of minors as young as 3-4 years old. One is a masturbation video of a boy aged around 11. He produced at least one child pornographic video.
11. On November 11, 2023, he was arrested at his residence in East Otis. He was charged wit two counts of possession of child pornography and two counts of dimensions of child pornography.
12. He was 44 when he was released on November 13, 2023 on $100,000 bail.
13. He will be back in court on December 21, 2023.

Ex-editor of left-leaning news site The Recount charged with child pornography https://t.co/bo6JaCaSeL pic.twitter.com/ZxJWfLQUo8

— New York Post (@nypost) November 14, 2023