Richmond, VA
Korey Jermaine Reynolds, 25, of Charlotte, North Carolina, pleaded
guilty today to transporting a 13-year-old girl across
state lines to
engage in
prostitution.
Korey Reynolds was charged with transporting a
minor across
state
lines for purposes of
prostitution in a criminal complaint on June 12,
2012. Reynolds faces a minimum term of 10 years in prison and a maximum
penalty of life in prison when he is sentenced on October 2, 2012.
In a statement of facts filed with his plea agreement, Reynolds
admitted that in May 2012 he
transported three females, including a
13-year-old girl, from Charlotte, North Carolina, to Richmond, Virginia,
with the intention that the
females engage in
prostitution while in
Virginia. Reynolds and the two other
females met the
juvenile in Miami,
Florida, and encouraged her to come to Charlotte, where they were
living. The
juvenile traveled to Charlotte sometime in February or March
and engaged in
prostitution while in Charlotte, providing the majority
of her earnings to Reynolds. In May 2012, the
juvenile and the other
females traveled with Reynolds to Virginia, where they continued
engaging in acts of
prostitution and continued providing their earnings
to Reynolds.
Sacramento, CA
Joe Weldon Taylor, 33, formerly of Redding, appeared in federal court
today to face
child pornography charges, United States Attorney
Benjamin B. Wagner announced.
On May 24, 2012, a federal grand jury returned a one-count
indictment, which had been sealed while
law enforcement located Taylor.
The indictment alleges that from December 2011 to January 2012, Taylor
possessed
videos containing depictions of the
sexual exploitation of
children. He was arrested in Longview, Washington, on June 1, 2012 by
the
FBI.
This case is the product of an
investigation by the
Federal Bureau of
Investigation.
Chicago, IL
A former Chicago resident who has been the subject of a
global
manhunt since February of 2009 was arrested last week at O’Hare
International Airport without incident by
special agents assigned to the
Chicago
FBI’s
Innocent Images Task Force (IITF) after arriving on a
flight from San Salvador. The arrest was announced today by Robert D.
Grant, Special Agent in Charge of the
FBI’s Chicago Office.
Francisco Mejia, age 26, whose last known address was 4318 North
Albany in Chicago, was originally charged by information in December of
2008 with possession of
child pornography. The charges were superseded
in August of 2010 by a federal grand jury indictment, with Mejia charged
with one count of distribution of
child pornography, eight counts of
possession of
child pornography, and one count of failure to appear, all
of which are felony offenses.
Mejia was first identified by
undercover agents working
online as a
possible distributor of
child pornography. A search of his residence was
conducted in October 2006, at which time two personal
computers and two
CDs were discovered that contained numerous
images of
minor children in
sexually explicit positions and acts. After being charged, Mejia was
released on bond but failed to appear at a scheduled court hearing in
February 2009, at which time a warrant for his arrest was issued.
Minneapolis, MN
United States Attorney Brendan V. Johnson announced that Robert
Romero, age 34, of Mission, South Dakota, appeared before United States
District Judge Roberto A. Lange on July 3, 2012, and pled guilty to
sexual abuse of a minor. The maximum penalty upon conviction is 15
years’ custody, a $250,000 fine, or both.
During the time period of June 24, 2004 to June 30, 2004, in Mission, Romero had
sexual contact with a
12-year-old female.
