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Wednesday, February 26, 2014

Crimes against Children 2-26-14

New Jersey man pleads guilty to possessing images of child abuse

Indiana man arrested for sexually assaulting a middle school girl

Nevada man sentenced for pimping a minor as a prostitute

New York man sentenced for child pornography

California teacher arrested on sexually assaulting a student

Arizona teacher arrested for transporting minors for illicit sexual conduct

Pennsylvania Middle School teacher arrested for sexual assault of a student

Illinois Boys & Girls Club counselor convicted of sexual assault of a minor

Colorado school employee sentenced for sexually assaulting an 8-year old

Monday, February 17, 2014

Crimes against Children 2-17-14

Indiana man sentenced for child pornography

Priest sentenced for illicit transportation of a minor

New York man sentenced for sexually exploiting a child

Minnesota woman sentenced for child abuse

Massachusetts man arrested for attempting to entice a minor

New York man sentenced for child pornography

Pennsylvania man admits to possessing sexually explicit movies and pictures of minors

Minnesota man and woman sentenced for sex trafficking of a minor

North Dakota man sentenced for sexually abusive contact with a minor

Pennsylvania man sentenced for child pornography

Wednesday, November 27, 2013

Crimes against Children 11-27-13

Illinois man pleads guilty to child pornography

West Virginian man sentenced for travelling to have sex with a minor female

Two New York men indicted for sex trafficking of a minor

Army veteran formerly convicted of child porn found with weapons cache

Colorado man convicted of online enticement of a minor

Ohio man arrested for child sexual exploitation

Minneapolis couple charged with child abuse

Minnesota man charged with child pornography

Virginia man indicted for child pornography

Friday, August 9, 2013

Crimes against Children 8-9-13

Minnesota woman gets charged with child abuse

New Jersey man gets prison time for child pornography

Ohio man babysits children, uses them to produce child porn, gets prison time

Missouri man pleads to child pornogrpahy charge

FBI seeks fugitive on child porn charges

Child porn charges for New Mexico man

Colorado man sentenced for child porn

Pittsburgh man sentenced for child sexual exploitation

Child pornography gets Missouri man a prison sentence

Colorado man distributes child porn, gets 20 years

Tuesday, August 6, 2013

Crimes against Children 8-6-13

New York man transports a minor across state lines for sex

Washington, DC teacher pleads to child pornography charges

Minnesota man charged with sexual abuse of a minor, and aggravated incest

New Jersey school bus driver gets time for distributing child abuse images

North Dakota man pleads guilty for sexually abusing a minor

New Jersey man gets prison time for child pornography

Minnesota woman charged with child abuse

Texas man produces child porn, gets prison time

Child porn gets Texas man arrested

Wednesday, May 1, 2013

Crimes against Children 5-1-13

Virginia man arrested for traveling across state lines to have sex with a minor

Washington man sentenced for child sex trafficking

Multiple charges of child molestation for New Palestine man

Coach arrested for having sex with one of his players

Women who kidnapped child from a Philadelphia school charged with sexual assault

U.S. Army major and his wife arrested for abusing their children

Florida man gets child pornography charge

Report of a sexual assault at a middle school

Texas teacher accused of sexually assaulting students

Wednesday, April 24, 2013

Crimes against Children 4-24-13

Pittsburgh area man sentenced to federal prison time for child pornography

A Kansas man uses the Internet to entice a 12-year old girl from California to send him a naked picture of herself

A man from Declo, Idaho was sentenced to prison for possessing sexually explicit pictures of minors

A man from Watervliet, MI plead guilty to possession of child pornography

A Shawnee man is charged for abusing a child burning a 4-year old child on the legs and buttocks

A Batavia, NY man transported a 16-year old across state lines for the purposes of engaging in illegal sexual activity

A Mountain Home, Idaho man was charged with possession of numerous images of child pornography

A Forest Hill high school teacher in Toronto, Canada, was arrested for having an inappropriate relationship with a 14-year old girl

A man from Bridgeville, Delaware traveled to the District of Columbia to have sex with what he thought was an underage girl. He also had child pornography in his possession

A 24-year old man from Edinburgh, IN, was arrested for having a sexual relationship with a 14-year old girl

Sunday, March 31, 2013

Crimes against Children 3-31-13

Vincennes man arrested for child abuse - wishtv.com

Lawsuit claims second-grader sexually assaulted on school bus - The Courier-Journal

Farmington schools substitute teacher charged with sexual assault - Observer and Eccentric Newspapers

San Diego Man Arrested on Federal Charges Involving Child Pornography and Enticement of a Minor - San Diego

Jacksonville Man Indicted on Federal Charge of Production of Child Pornography - Jacksonville

Thursday, January 31, 2013

Crimes against Children 1-31-13

Massachusetts Woman Sentenced Pursuant to Her Plea of Guilty to Traveling to West Virginia to Have Sex with a Minor - Pittsburgh

Colorado River Man Sentenced to 15 Years in Federal Prison for Child Abuse - Phoenix

Hogsett announces child porn charges

Virginia Man Pleads Guilty to Distribution of Child Pornography - Washington

Thornton Man Sentenced to 90 Months in Federal Prison for Possession of Child Pornography - Denver

Wednesday, January 30, 2013

Crimes against Children 1-30-13

Tonawanda Man Sentenced for Possession of Child Pornography - Buffalo

Charleston Man Pleads Guilty in Federal Court to Possession of Child Pornography
- Pittsburgh

Virginia Man Sentenced to Eight Years in Prison for Distribution and Possession of Child Pornography - Washington

Massachusetts Woman Sentenced Pursuant to Her Plea of Guilty to Traveling to West Virginia to Have Sex with a Minor - Pittsburgh

Colorado River Man Sentenced to 15 Years in Federal Prison for Child Abuse - Phoenix

Friday, October 26, 2012

Crimes against Children 10-26-12 Part II

Los Angeles, CA
An Inland Empire man pleaded guilty Tuesday in federal court to making child pornography after he filmed his sexual conduct with a 13-year-old boy who lived near his residence, prosecutors said.

Pedro Ruiz, 33, who police say also goes by the name Peter, entered his plea to one count of production of child pornography, which carries a minimum penalty of 15 years in federal prison.

As part of the plea agreement, Ruiz admitted to producing sexually explicit videos and images of a 13-year-old boy, who lived a few houses away, in 2009.

Boston, MA
A Framingham man will serve over 5 years in prison after pleading guilty to possession of child pornography and five counts of threatening to injure the reputation of another, according to US Attorney Carmen M. Ortiz's office.

Joshua M. Pizette, 23, was sentenced in Boston federal court last week to 65 months in prison, to be followed by five years of supervised release, according to the US Attorney's office.

According to the US Attorney's office, Pizette attempted to blackmail a young Massachusetts woman to provide him with nude photographs. Pizette, who knew the young woman and her family, anonymously contacted her by email and threatened to place embarrassing information about her on the Internet if she did not send him nude photos.

Carteret, NJ
He's been an educator in the Carteret school system for 21 years, working as a middle-school history teacher in the 1990s and even creating live American Civil War re-enactments on a field near Carteret Avenue for groups of rapt seventh graders.

More recently, Nicholas G. Sysock has served as a Carteret High School vice principal, a post that paid him $126,204 in 2011, according to public records.

Today, the 53-year-old man sat quietly behind a defense table in a Newark courtroom, his hands cuffed in front of him, his lips clenched, as he faced a charge of possession of child pornography that, upon conviction, would carry a maximum punishment of 10 years in prison. During the morning hours, authorities said, the Rahway resident was picked up by federal agents who rifled through his home searching, warrant in hand, for evidence of child pornography.

Cincinnati, OH
A Cincinnati man has been sentenced to more than 12 years in prison on federal child pornography charges.
Undercover officers said they made contact with Ross, who went by the name "Olderswohioguy," on a peer-to-peer file-sharing network in September 2011.

They said Ross shared folders that contained images and videos depicting children between the ages of 4 and 13, some of them bound, being raped or sodomized by adult men.

Boise, ID

Boise detectives helped bust an Illinois man who recently pleaded guilty to child pornography charges, police announced Tuesday.

Andrew Gerald Millas, 43, faces 15 to 30 years in prison when he's sentenced in U.S. District Court in Illinois Jan. 14.

Millas was arrested after Detectives Jason Pietzak and Timothy Brady of the Boise Police Department received child pornography from Millas over the Internet while conducting an undercover investigation on suspected illegal porn websites beginning in December 2011.

Millas described sexual contact with children in online chats with the detectives and broadcasted a live sex act with a minor to them via a web camera. They contacted police in Illinois, who searched the home and arrested Millas.

Rochester, NY
A Rochester man was sentenced Tuesday to three years in prison for possessing child pornography.
Robert Vogler, 31, was also sentenced to 20 years of post-release supervision by U. S. District Court Judge David G. Larimer.

The conviction came from an execution of a search warrant at a residence Vogler shared with co-defendant, Donald MacIntyre, by the FBI’s Cyber Task Force, according to Assistant U.S. Attorney Marisa J. Miller who handled the case. Law enforcement agents found stills and videos of child pornography on several devices that Vogler admitted to downloading using a peer-to-peer file sharing program.

St. Charles, IL

A four-month police investigation involving child pornography ended with the arrest of a 51-year-old St. Charles man Monday, according to police.

Gary L. Harris, of 1809 Howard St., was charged with four counts of aggravated child pornography and possession of marijuana and cocaine with intent to manufacture or deliver, police said.
Union City, NJ
A Union City woman studying to be a Hudson County corrections officer has been arrested on charges she allowed her young daughters to live in a home where her 75-year-old father allegedly had child pornography hanging on the walls “throughout the apartment,” authorities said.

The woman, 31, of Palisade Avenue near 48th Street, is charged with two counts of child abuse for allowing her children, 6 and 8, to reside in her father’s apartment, where numerous photos of nude and partially nude females were on display, the criminal complaint says.

She is also charged with allowing her children to live in an apartment that was “in disrepair and unsanitary for a child to reside,” the complaint says. Finally, she is charged with two counts of neglect, the complaint says.

Falmouth, MA
A Falmouth man has been charged with the possession and distribution of child pornography.
Police said Peter Canavin, 38, was taken into custody on Wednesday after authorities executed a search warrant at his Falmouth home. Among the several items seized from Canavin’s home were computers containing child pornography, police said.

Berry, KY

A Harrison County man was arrested on child pornography charges after a two-year investigation.

Allen L. Moredock, 26, was charged with 20 counts of possession of matter portraying a sexual performance by a minor, state police said Wednesday in a news release.

An Internet Crimes Against Children investigation started when Moredock began chatting with a person online who he thought was a 14-year-old girl, the news release said. The "girl" was an undercover detective in Florida.

The news release said Moredock sent the detective child pornography and talked about having sexual contact with a child.

College Station, TX
A man who has worked with at-risk children for years is now behind bars, facing four counts of child pornography possession.

John Mason, 53, was employed with Montgomery County Youth Services. Police said the charges against him are alarming, and investigators are looking into what type of contact he had with kids.

Mason’s arrest comes after a two-year long national investigation conducted by the U.S. Postal Inspection Service.

On Thursday, authorities asked Conroe police to get involved. Investigators raided Mason’s second-story unit at the Treehouse Apartments on Wilson Road.

Police said evidence was taken from the apartment, but they would not elaborate on exactly what investigators found.

Denham Spring, LA
A man, who was on probation, was arrested Wednesday on 100 counts of child pornography charges.
Louisiana Attorney General Buddy Caldwell announced that Marvin Thorton, 49, was arrested in a joint investigation with his office and local authorities.

Thorton's bond was set at $10 million on 100 counts of possessing pornography involving juveniles.

Friday, October 19, 2012

Crimes against Children 10-19-12 Part II

Albuquerque, NM
This morning in Albuquerque federal court, Kenneth Mike Etsitty, 58, an enrolled member of the Navajo Nation who resides in Tse-Yah-Toh, New Mexico, pled guilty to an information charging him with three counts of aggravated sexual abuse of a child under the age of 12.

U.S. Attorney Kenneth J. Gonzales said that, under the terms of the plea agreement, Etsitty will be sentenced to 18 years of imprisonment to be followed a supervised release term to be determined by the court. Etsitty also will be required to register as a sex offender. Etsitty remains in federal custody pending his sentencing hearing, which has yet to be scheduled.

Etsitty was charged with aggravated sexual abuse in a criminal complaint filed on May 14, 2012. He was arrested the following day and has been in federal custody since that time.

According to the criminal complaint, the FBI initiated a criminal investigation into Etsitty in February 21, 2012, after a 9-year-old Navajo child disclosed that Etsitty had sexually assaulted her more than 10 times by penetrating her vagina with his finger. Thereafter, during a voluntary interview, Etsitty admitted sexually assaulting the child victim on approximately 10 occasions from the time she was 4 years old and until November 2011 by digitally penetrating her vagina.

Albuquerque, NM
This morning in federal court, Justin Gray, 33, of Ruidoso, New Mexico, was sentenced to a 22-year term of imprisonment to be followed by a lifetime of supervised release for his receipt of child pornography conviction, announced U.S. Attorney Kenneth J. Gonzales. Gray also will be required to register as a sex offender.

Gray was indicted on July 13, 2011, in a six-count indictment charging him with three counts of distribution and attempted distribution of visual depictions of minors engaged in sexually explicit conduct; one count of receipt of visual depiction of a minor engaged in sexually explicit conduct; and two counts of possession of matter containing visual depictions of minors engaged in sexually explicit conduct. According to the indictment, Gray distributed child pornography in October 2010, November 2010, and February 2011; received child pornography in September 2010; and possessed child pornography in March 2011. Gray was arrested on September 12, 2011, and has been in federal custody since that time.

Minneapolis, MN
United States Attorney Brendan V. Johnson announced that Tyrel DeMarrias, a/k/a Tyrell DeMarrias, age 24, of Wakpala, appeared before United States District Judge Charles B. Kornmann on October 16, 2012, and pled guilty to an indictment that charged him with sexual assault of a minor. The maximum penalty upon conviction is 15 years in custody, a $250,000 fine, or both.

The conviction arose from the sexual assault of a minor victim in Wakpala, South Dakota, in September 2011. The investigation was conducted by the Federal Bureau of Investigation and the Bureau of Indian Affairs-Standing Rock Agency. The case is being prosecuted by Assistant United States Attorney Mikal Hanson.

Spokane, WA
Today, Michael C. Ormsby, United States Attorney for the Eastern District of Washington, announced that LaShuan Roman Nose, age 33, of Elk City, Oklahoma, was sentenced after having been convicted by a jury of assault resulting in substantial bodily injury in connection with the abuse of a toddler. Senior District Court Judge Edward F. Shea imposed the statutory maximum sentence of five years’ imprisonment, to be followed by three years of court supervision upon release from prison.

Tampa, FL
A Tampa man faces 50 counts of child pornography possession after he was spotted looking at pictures on the sidewalk of a strip mall, police said.

Benjamin Ashauer, 29, was at the Terrace Collections on East Busch Boulevard in Tampa when a shopper saw what was on his laptop.

Police were called, and they inspected his computer.

Police said they found several pictures of child porn.

Noblesville, IN
Samuel Barnette, 42, Noblesville, faces as many as 20 years in federal prison if he is convicted of charges of distributing child pornography.

Barnette, a former custodian at Promise Road Elementary School, was charged Thursday and if convicted, also could be levied a $250,000 fine and placed on supervised release for life after he completes any prison term.

Ft. Lauderdale, FL
A lost cell phone on a public transit bus landed a Deerfield Beach man behind bars charged with possession of child pornography.

Last August, someone turned in a black and blue Samsung cell phone To the Broward Sheriff’s Office which they said they found on a county bus seat in Pompano Beach. The person said when they looked through the phone’s contents they found a number of images of child pornography.

The phone was turned over to the Detective Jennifer Montgomery, a member of the Internet Crimes Against Child Task Force. A forensic check of the phone’s contents found 463 saved images in the Media/Images Download Folder. A majority of the images, according to the forensic report, depicted nude girls between the ages of three and 12 displaying their genitals or performing sex acts.

Reno, NV

A 26-year-old who had more than 2,000 child pornography videos and images and who said his favorite show was “SpongeBob SquarePants” was sentenced Thursday to more than seven years in federal prison.

In a teary plea, David Gonzalez of Reno asked the judge to give him the minimum sentence of five years in prison because he was frequently sexually abused as a child by a relative and a family friend, and was beaten by his mother on a constant basis.

Gonzalez pleaded guilty to receipt of child pornography after he was caught sharing the illicit images last year by detectives in the Internet Crimes Against Children Task Force.

Tuesday, October 16, 2012

Crimes against Children 10-16-12

Richmond, VA
A Louisiana man was sentenced to 25 years in prison this morning in Lynchburg, Virginia federal court, after previously pleading guilty to recording his sexual abuse of a 14-year-old girl and related offenses, announced Assistant Attorney General Lanny A. Breuer of the Justice Department’s Criminal Division and the U.S. Attorney for the Western District of Virginia Timothy J. Heaphy.

Gregory Thomas Miller, 57, of Deville, Louisiana, pleaded guilty on April 27, 2012, to a 10-count indictment charging him with seven counts of production of child pornography, one count of transporting child pornography, one count of possessing child pornography, and one count of marijuana possession. Today’s sentence was imposed by U.S. District Judge Norman K. Moon.

According to court documents, Miller repeatedly sexually abused a 14-year-old girl and filmed numerous incidents of the abuse during a several-month period in 2008. In October 2010, the defendant’s car was stopped by National Park Service (NPS) rangers at a DUI checkpoint in Virginia. The defendant was in the car with the girl he had abused. NPS Rangers quickly determined that a missing persons/runaway report for her had been recorded with the National Crime Information Center.

Savannah, GA
A federal indictment unsealed last week in federal court has charged Shawn Bragg, 21, of Savannah, Georgia with sex trafficking a child. Bragg is currently a fugitive. Anyone with information on his whereabouts is urged to contact the FBI.

According to the allegations in the indictment, from 2010 to March of this year, Bragg recruited a child who was under 14 years old to work as a prostitute in the Savannah area. The indictment further alleges that Bragg benefitted financially from the child engaging in commercial sex acts.

Bragg is charged with one count of sex trafficking of a child, which carries a mandatory minimum sentence of 15 years in prison and a potential life sentence.

Albuquerque, NM
This morning in federal court, Jay Rutherford Paiz, 31, a member of the Jicarilla Apache Nation who resides in Dulce, New Mexico, entered a guilty plea to a second-degree murder charge under a plea agreement with the U.S. Attorney’s Office.

During today’s plea hearing, Paiz admitted killing his 3-year-old son on July 20, 2008, at his residence, which is located on the Jicarilla Apache Indian Reservation, U.S. Attorney Kenneth J. Gonzales said.

Court records reflect that Paiz was arrested on July 22, 2008, on a criminal complaint charging him with attempting to kill or to commit manslaughter of his 3-year-old son through a pattern of child abuse.

Joliet, IL
A former local youth soccer coach is heading to prison after pleading guilty Monday to one count of aggravated criminal sexual abuse and one count of aggravated child pornography.

Darrell J. Stephenson, 25, formerly of 2038 Manico in Crest Hill, will spend five years in the Department of Corrections after agreeing to a plea deal in Will County Circuit Court.

Stephenson was arrested in June 2011 on a charge of aggravated criminal sexual abuse, accused of molesting a 12-year-old boy in fall 2010.

Monett, MO
A southwest Missouri man who was turned in to police by his wife pleaded guilty to possessing cartoons that depict child pornography.

Prosecutors announced Monday that 36-year-old Christian Bee of Monett entered his plea Monday in federal court in Springfield.

The Joplin Globe reports Bee's wife called Monett police in August 2011 after finding the files on her husband's computer.

Forensic investigators found a collection of electronic comics, titled "Incest Comics," on the computer. The U.S. Attorney's office says it will recommend a sentence of three years in prison without parole.

Tulsa, OK

A Tulsa man is behind bars for allegedly possessing and distributing child pornography.

According to the arrest report, 48-year-old Shawn Neihart was taken into custody Monday around 10:30 a.m. after he turned himself in to the Tulsa County Jail.

Among the charges Neihart faces are aggravated possession of child pornography, possession of child pornography, distribution of child pornography and possession of obscene material.

Spartanburg Co., SC
A Spartanburg man who was a teacher when he was arrested on child pornography charges earlier this year was sentenced on Tuesday.

Mark Anthony Soza, 57, of Roebuck, pleaded guilty to possession of child pornography and was sentenced to 40 months in prison.

Evidence presented at the plea hearing showed that Soza, who was a Spartanburg School District 4 teacher prior to his arrest in February 2012, was a customer of a commercial child pornography operation under investigation by the Department of Homeland Security.

Long Island, NY
A Roosevelt High School administrator was arrested by federal agents at his home Tuesday and charged with receiving child pornography, according to Newsday, citing a criminal complaint filed by a Homeland Security agent.

Tuesday morning, federal agents executed a search warrant at the Patchogue home of Kevin O’Connell, after they reportedly traced an internet address advertising video files available for sharing to O’Connell’s house.

According to the complaint, agents conducted a preliminary forensic examination of computer equipment found during the raid. Agents “confirmed the presence of numerous videos of apparent child pornography,” the complaint said.

Pembroke, NY
A Pembroke woman who allegedly supplied child pornography to a man later convicted of molesting toddlers entered a guilty plea in County Court today to one count of possession of sexual performance of a child.

As a term of the plea deal, Beverly Hensel, 53, of 8921 Alleghany Road, Pembroke, could receive up to 10 years probation and an intermittent jail term.

Hansel admitted to possessing child pornography between January 2008 and December 2009.
According to court documents, Hansel met James L. Little Jr., 41, formerly of Batavia, at a bar in Corfu. During the meeting, Little said Hansel offered to acquire child pornography for him.

Bear, DE
An 18-year-old Bear man faces 25 counts of dealing in child pornography, the state Attorney General’s Office announced in a release today.

Delaware Child Predator Task Force officials carried out a search warrant for a residence in the 4200 block of Cindy Drive in Bear on Oct. 9 following an undercover investigation, public information officer Jason P. Miller said.

Detectives seized two laptops and other evidence, and an initial forensic preview revealed multiple images and video of child pornography, Miller said.

Roosevelt J. Cubbage, 18, who was in the residence, was taken to Delaware State Police Troop 2 for questioning, where he was arrested and charged with 25 counts of dealing in child pornography based on evidence obtained during the investigation, Miller said.

Naperville, IL

Residents of a Naperville neighborhood were reeling Tuesday after the arrest of a man suspected of secretly videotaping several neighbors in the nude.

Renzo Barduagni, 50, of the 700 block of Violet Circle, also is accused of possessing about 100 images of child pornography on his computer.

Police arrested Barduagni on Monday after executing a search warrant at his house, the culmination of a four-month online child pornography investigation. In addition to locating child pornography, authorities said they found a videotape containing footage of a naked neighbor child.

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