(WBFF) — A senior citizen from Hagerstown pled guilty to sexually exploiting underage victims in South America, officials said.
William Foster Alger, 76, entered a guilty plea on charges of coercion and enticement of a child and faces 10 years to life in federal prison. He was previously indicted in February 2025 on child sex abuse charges.
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According to Alger’s guilty plea, he used mobile phones and online applications to “persuade, induce, entice, and coerce three minor victims to engage in sexual activity.” He also paid the mothers of the victims to send him images of the minors engaged in sexually explicit conduct.
The victims all lived in Ecuador, which Alger initially made frequent visits to before eventually buying land and building a house there.
Alger’s iCloud account contained “numerous photos” with him, the victims, and their mothers, all located at his Ecuadorian residence.
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Kelly O. Hayes, U.S. Attorney for the District of Maryland, announced the guilty plea with Christopher R. Heck, Special Agent in Charge of Homeland Security Investigations (HSI) – Maryland; Colonel Paul Joey Kifer, Chief of Police of the Hagerstown Police Department (HPD); and Washington County State’s Attorney Gina Cirincion. U.S. Attorney Hayes commended HSI, HPD, and the Washington County State’s Attorney’s Office for their work in the investigation. Ms. Hayes also thanked Assistant U.S. Attorney Paul E. Budlow who is prosecuting the federal case.
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