United States Attorney Robert Pitman announced that 33-year-old Robert Ramos, Jr., of Austin, faces a minimum mandatory 15 years and up to 50 years in federal prison after pleading guilty earlier today to production and distribution of material relating to the sexual exploitation of children.
Appearing before United States Magistrate Judge Mark Lane, Ramos, who was previously an assistant band director at Dessau Middle School in Pflugerville, admitted that he obtained sexually explicit images of a 13-year-old girl through communicating with her on Facebook using Facebook accounts that falsely portrayed him as a teenaged girl. Ramos then distributed those images to a teacher in New York, Timothy Bek, who was also contacting underage girls for the purpose of obtaining sexually explicit images. Ramos also admitted that he viewed and recorded, via Internet webcam, a video broadcast of a 5-year-old girl being sexually abused by Jennifer Mahoney, of New Jersey. Both Bek and Mahoney have been prosecuted in their respective jurisdictions for their criminal activities relating to child pornography.
Dallas, TX
An 18-year-old senior at Highland Park High School has been charged with sexually assaulting an underage classmate, MyFoxDFW.com reported.
Highland Park police on Monday arrested Ryan Romo on a charge of sexual assault of a child. Romo left jail the following day on a $100,000 bond.
The alleged victim, a Highland Park underclassman who knows Romo, told police she bumped into Romo at a concert and then left the venue with him. The pair took a cab to Romo's Chevy Tahoe and then drove the SUV to a street, where they parked and began making out, according to the document.
That's when Romo allegedly raped the girl, despite her protests, the affidavit states.
It also states that Romo dropped off the alleged victim at her home, where she told her mother about the alleged attack.
Rapid City, ND
Plea negotiations are underway for a Rapid City man accused of possessing child pornography.
Abraham Davila, 34, is charged with six counts of possessing, distributing or manufacturing child pornography.
Lake Wales, FL
A former Lake Wales youth minister who is a convicted sex offender was indicted on two counts of producing and attempting to produce child pornography, according to the U.S. Attorney's Office.
Arnold Maurice Mathis, 41, is facing a minimum of 35 years in prison if convicted. Mathis was a youth minister and associate pastor at Higher Praise Ministries in Lake Wales during the time he is accused of producing and attempting to produce the pornography between May and November 2011.
East Hartford, CT
Federal agents on Thursday charged a 48-year-old East Hartford police officer with one count of receiving child pornography.
Andrew W. Nielsen, of 58 Pleasant Valley Road, South Windsor, is accused of ordering multiple DVDs of child pornography from a foreign company. The videos were shipped to his home sometime between November 2010 and April 2011, prosecutors said.
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