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Tuesday, November 20, 2012

Crimes against Children 11-20-12

Mineapolis, MN
United States Attorney Brendan V. Johnson announced that an Eagle Butte, South Dakota man charged with sexual abuse of a person incapable of consenting was sentenced on November 13, 2012, by United States District Judge Roberto A. Lange. Cody Dean High Elk, age 29, was sentenced to 72 months in custody, three years of supervised release, and a $100 special assessment to the Victim Assistance Fund.

The conviction arose from a September 2002 incident in Dupree, South Dakota, when High Elk sexually assaulted the victim at a time when the victim was incapable of appraising the nature of the sexual conduct and incapable of communicating the victim’s unwillingness to engage in the sexual act.

Minneapolis, MN
United States Attorney Brendan V. Johnson announced that Anthony Fast Horse, age 58, of Rosebud, was convicted of one count of sexual abuse and found not guilty of one count of aggravated sexual abuse and two counts of sexual abuse as a result of a federal jury trial in Pierre, South Dakota. The charge carries a maximum penalty of life imprisonment, a $250,000 fine, or both.

Fast Horse was indicted by a federal grand jury for the charge on March 13, 2012. The conviction stems from an incident that took place on or about between December 1, 2010 and December 31, 2010, in which Fast Horse sexually abused the victim.

Sacramento, CA
United States District Judge John A. Mendez sentenced Timothy Gevock, 27, of Stockton, today to five years and 10 months in prison, to be followed by a lifetime period of supervised release, for downloading child pornography, United States Attorney Benjamin B. Wagner announced.

According to court documents, in June 2011, the Greater Manchester Police notified the Cyber Crimes Center through Interpol that Gevock, using the e-mail address “evilgamer209@yahoo.com” had received child pornography from a British national. These images were sent via e-mail by a person named Campbell living in Manchester, England. Campbell was molesting a 4-year-old girl and trading the pictures with people on a Russian photo sharing site, including Gevock. In e-mails recovered during the Interpol investigation, Gevock wrote that he would “love to trade pics” with Campbell. Campbell then sent an e-mail with six images of child pornography attached. Gevock offered to send pictures of a 13-month-old he watched, and he attached a non-pornographic picture of his daughter in the bathtub.

Albuquerque, NM
This afternoon, a U.S. District Judge sentenced Johnson John, 65, an enrolled member of the Navajo Nation who resides in Church Rock, New Mexico, to a five-year term of imprisonment for his aggravated sexual abuse conviction.

On June 26, 2012, John entered a guilty plea to count four of the indictment charging him with aggravated sexual abuse of a minor.

In his plea agreement, John admitted that, between May 1, 2000 and September 1, 2000, he attempted to sexually assault a 12-year-old female child. John admitted luring the child victim into his home and attempting to rape her. He did not complete the sexual assault because he noticed another child watching through the window.

Springfield, MO
David M. Ketchmark, Acting United States Attorney for the Western District of Missouri, announced that a Mountain Grove, Missouri man pleaded guilty in federal court today to possessing thousands of images and videos of child pornography.

Ricky Burton Friend, 57, of Mountain Grove, pleaded guilty before U.S. Magistrate Judge James C. England to the charge contained in a June 19, 2012 federal indictment.

According to today’s plea agreement, an employee of a computer repair store contacted the FBI when he found child pornography on Friend’s desktop computer. Friend had brought his computer into the store to be repaired after it was damaged in an electrical storm. While working on the computer, the employee discovered the child pornography.

After Friend picked up his repaired computer, law enforcement officers executed a search warrant at Friend’s residence and seized the computer, two digital cameras, and other related items. A child pornography video was downloading to Friend’s computer when the officers arrived to execute the search warrant.


Sunday, November 11, 2012

Crimes against Children 11-11-12

Bardstown, KY
Police said a Bardstown man illegally downloaded child pornography for years.

James Leslie, 49, was arrested at his home and his daughter, Sara Voepel, 26, was also taken into custody on other charges.

For months, police said they tracked Leslie's every move online and that's how they found out he was allegedly downloading images of children having sex.

Melrose, MA
A Melrose man faces two counts of possession of child pornography after State Police searched his home and seized his computer Friday, according to law enforcement authorities.

Thomas Lynch, 50, was released on personal recognizance after being arraigned in Malden District Court Friday, according to a statement from District Attorney Gerry Leone.

Lynch was arrested following an investigation by a State Police special task force that allegedly traced downloaded child pornography files to his computer. Melrose and State Police executed a search of Lynch's home Friday, where they arrested him and seized his computer, according to prosecutors.

Osage, IA
A former Osage man has been indicted on federal charges of receiving and distributing child pornography.

The Mason City Globe Gazette reports (http://bit.ly/Z4rVOV) that 49-year-old Kevin Perrin is charged in an indictment unsealed Thursday in United States District Court in Cedar Rapids.

The indictment alleges Perrin received and distributed child pornography between 2008 and 2009.

Ben Victor Barton2.gifMobile, AL
The Saraland Police Department Criminal Investigation Division arrested Ben Victor Barton Jr. Thursday on charges involving child pornography.

Barton Jr., a 39-year-old from Mobile, Ala., was arrested on charges of two counts of dissemination of child pornography and two counts of possession with the intent to disseminate child pornography, said a press-release from police. 




Saturday, November 10, 2012

Crimes against Children 11-10-12

Belle Isle, FL
An investigation of internet child porn ended today with the arrest of a Belle Isle contractor after thousands of illegal images of children as young as 6 were seized from his Hoffner Avenue home, according to a statewide cyber crime unit.

Frederick James Ward was picked up at the Hilton Hotel Bonnet Creek near Walt Disney World, arrest records show.

Ward, 54, became a suspect in July when the Florida Department of Law Enforcement's Cyber/High-Tech Crime unit noticed internet files depicting the sexual exploitation were being shared by a computer later tracked to his internet address, records show.

Mt. Pleasant, MI
A professor whose research focuses on Internet censorship and the use of children in advertising has been charged with having child pornography on his Central Michigan University computer.

The school announced Thursday that it has suspended William L. Merrill and barred him from the campus in Mount Pleasant, about 120 miles northwest of Detroit.

According to the university, its information technology employees found "inappropriate material" on Merrill's computer Monday, and it suspended him that day.

Philadelphia, PA
A former Philadelphia police inspector who served time in prison for possessing child pornography has been arrested again, this time after allegedly trying to lure an 8-year-old Roxborough girl into his car, police said.

Leo Haley, 72, a registered Megan's Law offender, was arrested Thursday morning on charges of unlawful restraint, luring a child, making terroristic threats, and harassment. The charges stem from an Oct. 17 incident on the 7000 block of Voight Road, about two miles from Haley's Lauriston Street home.

Hamilton, OH
A truck driver from Columbus, Ohio, was arrested Thursday in Butler County in connection with a computer flash drive that contained photographs of child pornography.

Robert Burwinkle, 52, was arrested after investigators from the Butler County Sheriff’s Office received a tip a few days ago that the flash drive found in St. Clair Township contained sexually oriented photos of minors.

The investigation eventually led to Burwinkle. After the suspect was located in Butler County, he gave an interview that led investigators to confiscate additional pornographic materials involving minors.


Thursday, November 8, 2012

Crimes against Children 11-8-12, Part II

Urbana, IL
Two Tuscola men were indicted on Wednesday on federal child pornography charges.

Parrish Kappes, 46, of Tuscola was charged with three counts of distribution of child pornography in August and September and one count of possession of child pornography on Oct. 16.

Zachary M. Vincent, 21, of Tuscola was charged in a separate case with two counts of distribution of child pornography in September, one count of receiving child pornography on Oct. 15 and one count of possession of child pornography on Oct. 15.

Norfolk, VA
A former Virginia Beach teacher was charged with possession of child pornography on Wednesday in a federal grand jury indictment, according to a news release.

Michael D. Shanklin Jr., 38, of Virginia Beach is accused of possessing a hard drive containing one or more images of child pornography in the indictment, according to a news release from U.S. Attorney Neil H. MacBride. Shanklin used to teach at Landstown High School in Virginia Beach, according to the release.
Albuquerque, NM
Earlier today, Arnold Gonzales, 27, was sentenced to an 87-month term of imprisonment to be followed by 10 years of supervised release for his child sexual exploitation conviction.

Gonzales also was ordered to comply with sex offender registration and notification requirements.

Gonzales was a military recruiter employed by the U.S. Army and was stationed at the U.S. Army Recruiting Station in Midland, Texas, when he was arrested in this case.

According to the court filings, between April 24, 2012 and May 2, 2012, Gonzales used a computer and cellular phone to entice a person whom he believed to be less than 18 years of age to engage in sexual activity.

Rochester, NY
U.S. Attorney William J. Hochul, Jr. announced today that Daniel Lasnick, 49, of Arkport, New York, who was convicted of receiving and distributing child pornography, was sentenced to 13 years in prison and 15 years’ supervised release by U.S. District Judge David G. Larimer.

Assistant U.S. Attorney Marisa J. Miller, who handled the case, stated that during an undercover investigation of peer-to-peer file sharing networks by the New York State Police, the defendant was found trading child pornography images and videos online. As part of his plea, Lasnick admitted to receiving and distributing child pornography over the file sharing network. Many of the images depicted images of prepubescent minors and violent acts involving children.

Greenbelt, MD
Melvin Douglas, a/k/a Melvin Longwood, age 32, of Washington, D.C., and Dennis Smith, a/k/a Domo, age 31, of Capitol Heights, Maryland, pleaded guilty today to transporting a minor across state lines to engage in prostitution. In a separate case, Dennis Smith, a/k/a Domo, age 31, of Capitol Heights, Maryland, pleaded guilty today to the same charge and to sex trafficking of a minor.




Crimes against Children 11-8-12

William RodriguezMadison County, AL
A man is behind bars at the Madison County Jail on a child pornography charge.

William Anthony Rodriguez, 25, was booked by the Madison County Sheriff's Office for possession of child pornography, according to the jail's online record.

Orlando, FL
A Polk County man accused of drugging and raping a woman, is facing additional charges after investigators found child pornography on his personal computer, officials said.

While investigating charges that William Lee McCallister, 59, sexually battered a woman at his Winter Haven business, Florida Polygraph Associates Inc., during a polygraph test, police searched his computers, according to the Polk County Sheriff's Office.

The State Attorney's office filed more charges after Winter Haven police said they found 31 obscene images on McCallister's hard drives and a .357 Smith and Wesson revolver.

Ft. Lauderdale, FL
Thomas DrayA 23-year-old Fort Lauderdale man was arrested on Tuesday and accused of possessing one of the largest collections of child pornography videos that South Florida investigators have ever found, Fort Lauderdale Police said.

Thomas Dray was tracked down in a house on the 3000 block of Southwest 16th Street when investigators with the South Florida Internet Crimes Against Children Task Force linked him to an Internet Protocol address used for sharing child pornography files, according to the arrest report.

Polk County, FL
A 70-year-old man has been charged with possession and distribution of child pornography, the Polk County Sheriff's Office said.

FlannaganJohnnie Leon Flannagan, 108 Howard St., Eagle Lake, was arrested and charged today with four counts of distribution of child pornography and possession of child pornography.

Detectives received information that Flannagan had downloaded videos of child porn to his home computer, and the videos were found during a search. Detectives determined that the images had been downloaded and distributed via his Internet connection.

Columbia, MO
Federal and Boone County sheriff's investigators believe images of child pornography found on a cellphone belonging to an Ohio suspect were created by a Columbia man who was found yesterday with the children depicted in the photos in his custody.

The Federal Bureau of Investigations on Monday contacted the Boone County Sheriff's Department Cyber Crimes Task Force after learning images of child pornography under investigation by Ohio federal agents had originated from Boone County, according to a task force news release. Text messages on the Ohio cellphone allegedly indicate the sender had personally taken the photos, it said. 



Wednesday, November 7, 2012

Crimes against Children 11-7-12, Part II

Pittsburgh, PA
A resident of Mt. Lebanon, Pennsylvania pleaded guilty in federal court to child pornography charges, United States Attorney David J. Hickton announced today.

Andrew Dahmen, 22, of 10 Lebanon Hills Drive, Mt. Lebanon, Pennsylvania, pleaded guilty to possessing child pornography before Senior United States District Judge Gustave Diamond.

In connection with the guilty plea, the court was advised that, on January 2, 2012, Mt. Lebanon police responded to a pizza restaurant at 713 Washington Road, after the father of a 5 year-old child reported that Dahmen had attempted to produce a cellular telephone image of the child in the bathroom. Further investigation resulted in the seizure of the cellular phone as well as computers and storage media from Dahmen’s residence. Dahmen was found to be in possession of hundreds of images of child pornography, including images depicting prepubescent minors.

Charleston, WV
U.S. Attorney Booth Goodwin announced that a Kanawha County man pleaded guilty in federal court on Tuesday (November 6) to possession of child pornography. Michael Lee McCormick, 42, of Winifrede, Kanawha County, West Virginia, admitted that on November 26, 2008, he knowingly possessed on his computer more than 600 images depicting child pornography. The defendant admitted that he knew the images constituted child pornography. McCormick also admitted that many of the images depicted prepubescent minors. McCormick also admitted that he shared some of the images with other Internet users by means that included a computer.


Crimes against Children 11-7-12

Boise, ID
Judd E. Ballard is being held in the Ada County Jail on five counts of possession of sexually exploitative material after police say they found images of child pornography on computers in Ballard’s East Boise home late last week.

Police began investigating the 37-year-old Ballard in September after getting a tip from the Internet Crimes Against Children (ICAC) Task Force and found the illegal images on computers after serving a search warrant at Ballard’s home in the 1600 block of South Colorado Avenue Friday afternoon.

Investigators say Ballard was downloading illegal images from the Internet. He was arrested and booked into the jail Friday afternoon.

Kenner, LA
Ronald Brown.jpgA Kenner man was arrested and booked with possession of child pornography after an investigation by the Kenner Police Department.

Ronald Brown, 43, of Kenner, was booked with possession of child pornography. Detectives began conducting an undercover investigation into the possession, manufacture and distribution of child pornography in Kenner four months ago, according to the report. They were looking for residents who sought out or traded the illegal images online.
 
Investigators discovered that a computer later linked to Brown had a folder containing possible child pornography. They eventually tracked the computer to Brown's apartment and obtained a search warrant, the arrest report said.

Lynchburg, VA
Five men have pleaded guilty in Virginia to child pornography charges.

U.S. Attorney Timothy Heaphy says the men entered pleas Monday in federal court in Lynchburg.
They are Manuel Antonio Mares of Miami; Jeremy Hart Yost of West Bend, Ore.; Richard Phillip Allen of Redondo Beach, Calif.; James Calvin Boyd of Pell City, Ala., and Jesse Leon Coleman of Lynchburg. The defendants range in age from 26 to 66.

They each face up to 20 years in prison, $250,000 fines and will be required to register as sex offenders.

Court testimony showed large numbers of pictures and videos depicting the sexual abuse of children were found on some of the defendants' computers.

Medford, OR
Top PhotoA Southern Oregon gymnastics teacher and sports photographer faces 30 child pornography charges for allegedly taking pictures of students while they were changing during private photo sessions at as many as three local gymnastics businesses over the past nine years, authorities said.

Jeffrey Scott Bettman was arraigned Monday in Jackson County Circuit Court on 30 crimes stemming from photographs seized from his computer during a Friday search of his home on the 1800 block of Camp Baker Road just outside of Medford, authorities said.

The search identified the presence of what appeared to be child pornography photos of gymnasts changing and taken without their consent or knowledge, said Detective Josh Nieminen from the Southern Oregon High-Tech Crimes Task Force, which is investigating the case.

A family law attorney who used to practice in Kent appeared in court today on a federal criminal complaint charging him with receipt and possession of child pornography, according to the U.S. Attorney’s Office.

David S. Engle, 49 of Maple Valley, was arrested today, and appeared in U.S. District Court in Seattle.

Engle caught law enforcement attention after an investigation of an international movie production company that had a website advertising the sale of DVDs and streaming videos depicting young boys in sexually explicit activity, according to the U.S. Attorney’s Office.


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