A man from New York has been sentenced to spend life in prison after investigators found he talked to a teen girl online, manipulated her into sending him nude photos before using those images as leverage to get her to meet at a Jersey Shore hotel where he had sex with her.

In September of 2020, Zachary Williams, 37, met a 13-year-old New Jersey girl online and lied about his age by telling her he was just 17 -- even though he was 33 at the time, according to court documents.

During their conversation, Williams is accused of asking her for nude photographs, then, once he received them, Williams threatened to send the pictures to her family and friends, officials said in a statement.