Memphis, TN
Kala Bray, 19, of Memphis, was sentenced today to 168 months in
prison for conspiracy to engage in child sex trafficking and sex
trafficking by force, fraud, and coercion.
According to the indictment, in the summer of 2011, Bray and her
co-defendant, Vincent Jones, lured two Memphis-area juveniles to Houston
with promises of a trip to a water park. Bray and Jones supplied the
teens with drugs, including Oxycontin and Xanax, and made the juveniles
engage in commercial sex acts both in Memphis and Houston. Bray pleaded
guilty to the sex trafficking conspiracy on November 4, 2011.
Alexandria, VA
Roberto A. Darden, 25, of Newport News, Virginia, was sentenced today
to 50 years in prison for his role in a conspiracy to produce child
pornography, as well as witness tampering.
“Roberto Darden changed a 13-year-old girl’s life forever by forcing
her to endure violent sexual assaults and memorializing them all on
video,” said U.S. Attorney MacBride. “Today’s sentence is just
punishment for a man who lured this young girl to a hotel, filmed her
sexual abuse, and then used the videos to blackmail her into
prostitution—a well-rehearsed pattern he had used on young women before
this one.”
Darden pled guilty to conspiring to produce child pornography and
witness tampering on November 23, 2011. According to court documents,
Darden, along with co-defendant Ujima Crudup, obtained money in exchange
for sex acts performed by a 13-year-old victim. The defendants
transported the victim to hotels in Hampton Roads to engage in
prostitution and provided alcohol and illegal drugs to the victim.
Darden and Crudup then videotaped the victim engaged in sex acts, and
Darden used the videotape to coerce the victim into signing a contract
explaining the requirements of being a prostitute and working for the
defendants. The defendants made fliers and posted additional
advertisements on the Internet. The victim was provided a cell phone to
communicate with prostitution customers.
Marquette, MI
Aaron Timothy VanZile, 30, of Watersmeet, Michigan, and a member of
the Lac Vieux Desert Band of Lake Superior Chippewa Indians, was
sentenced to 360 months in federal prison for aggravated sexual abuse of
a child under 12, U.S. Attorney Patrick A. Miles, Jr. announced today.
In addition to the prison term, U.S. District Judge R. Allan Edgar
ordered VanZile to serve five years of supervised release following his
release from prison and to pay a $100 special assessment. Upon release
from prison, VanZile will be required to register as a sexual offender.
On May 10, 2012, VanZile pleaded guilty to count one of a federal
indictment charging him with aggravated sexual abuse of a child under
12. The charge stemmed from an incident at a residence in Watersmeet,
Michigan, on the Lac Vieux Desert reservation on May 5, 2011. During
this incident, VanZile, after ingesting alcohol and controlled
substances, left the party he was attending and entered the home of
another person without permission. Once inside the home, VanZile saw the
9-year-old victim on a couch and sexually assaulted her.
Bay Mills, MI
Jay Emerson Hunter, 22, a member of the Bay Mills Indian Community,
was sentenced to 360 months in federal prison for aggravated sexual
abuse of a child under 12, U.S. Attorney Patrick A. Miles, Jr. announced
today. In addition to the prison term, U.S. District Judge R. Allan
Edgar ordered Hunter to serve five years of supervised release following
his release from prison and to pay a $100 special assessment. Upon
release from prison, Hunter will be required to register as a sexual
offender.
On May 14, 2012, Hunter pleaded guilty to count one of a federal
indictment charging him with aggravated sexual abuse of a child under
12. The charge stemmed from an incident at a residence in Brimley,
Michigan, on the Bay Mills Indian Community reservation between fall
2010 and spring 2011. During this incident, Hunter, who was babysitting
the 8-year-old victim, sexually assaulted her. The incident came to
light in June 2011 when the victim told another babysitter what had
happened to her. During the investigation, Hunter admitted to sexually
assaulting the victim on three separate occasions.
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Friday, September 21, 2012
Crimes against Children 9-21-12
Lancaster, NY
U.S. Attorney William J. Hochul, Jr. announced today that Joseph Marranca, Jr., 67 of Lancaster, New York, pleaded guilty before U.S. District Judge Richard J. Arcara, to attempted receipt of child pornography. The charge carries a mandatory minimum penalty of five years in prison and a maximum of 20 years, a fine of $250,000, or both.
Assistant U.S. Attorney Marie P. Grisanti, who is handling the case, stated the defendant posted an ad on Craigslist.com that read, in part, “looking for a teenager.” Marranca engaged in chat conversations online and began talking with a person who indicated that she was a 14-year-old girl.
During those chats, the defendant asked the 14-year-old for pictures and made arrangements to meet her at a park. The individual that Marranca was actually chatting with was an undercover police officer. The defendant was arrested after he drove to the park to meet the officer. As part of the plea, Marranca agreed to the forfeiture of his 2005 Acura, his computer, and his cell phone.
Toledo, OH
An indictment was filed charging Duane Hill with sex trafficking of children and obstructing the investigation of child sex trafficking, said Steven M. Dettelbach, United States Attorney for the Northern District of Ohio.
Count one charges that on or about August 8, 2012, Hill recruited, enticed, harbored, transported, provided, obtained, and provided by any means, in and affecting interstate commerce, “A.W.,” knowing and in reckless disregard of the fact that A.W. had not attained the age of 18 years and that A.W. would engage in a commercial sex act.
Count two charges that on or about September 6, 2012, Hill provided false and misleading information to investigators assigned to the Northwest Ohio Violent Crimes Against Children Task Force who were investigating the offense charged in count one.
Boston, MA
A Whitinsville lawyer, who is also a Boy Scout leader and part-time middle school teacher, was indicted today in federal court and charged with using the Internet to entice minors to engage in unlawful sexual conduct and possessing child pornography.
Andrew Jonathan Myers, 34, originally charged via complaint last month, was indicted today with four counts of using the Internet to entice, persuade, or induce a minor to engage in unlawful sexual conduct and one count of possessing child pornography.
The indictment alleges that between May 7 and 9, 2012, and on June 28, 2012, Myers sent graphic e-mails to three minors upon whom Myers proposed to perform sexual acts. The minors were known to Myers through his work as a teacher or Boy Scout leader.
Myers’ actions were discovered when the mother of a 12-year-old boy in Colorado presented the Larimer County Sheriff’s Office with copies of e-mails and chats between an unknown 33-year-old man and her 12-year-old son. Through investigation, the Larimer County Sheriff’s Office traced the origin of the e-mails and chats to Myers. Myers also is charged in the indictment with enticing the 12-year-old Colorado boy.
Myers is further charged with possessing child pornography on a laptop computer which was seized from his home on August 21, 2012, pursuant to a federal search warrant.
New Orleans, LA
Benson December Coriolant, 30, of Orlando, Florida, was convicted today by a federal jury of all four counts of which he was charged, announced United States Attorney Jim Letten. He was charged with and convicted of sex trafficking of a child, conspiring with others to sex traffic a child, coercing and enticing an individual to engage in prostitution, and coercing and enticing a minor to engage in illegal sexual activity.
According to evidence introduced at trial, in late 2008, Coriolant met R.V., a 14-year-old female. Shortly thereafter, he began a sexual relationship with her. After convincing the minor that their relationship was one of boyfriend/girlfriend, Coriolant recruited R.V. to begin working for him as a prostitute in the Orlando area. Coriolant posted advertisements on multiple city-specific Internet classified ad websites offering prostitution services of the minor. Over the course of the next year, Coriolant forced R.V. to engage in dozens of sexual acts in exchange for money throughout the entire state of Florida. Coriolant forced R.V. to turn over the money she earned from prostitution either to him or one of his associates. Coriolant also provided R.V. with alcohol and illicit and mood-altering drugs as a way of numbing her senses and controlling her behavior.
In March 2010, Coriolant drove R.V., who was then 15 year old, to Kenner, Louisiana, to work as a prostitute. Coriolant used the New Orleans version of the online classified advertisement website to solicit individuals interested in paying for sex with the minor. Coriolant required R.V. to put the money she made from —thousands of dollars—into a bank account for his benefit. He further forced her to account for all of her expenses, including personal expenses such as food, in a journal, daily letters, and text messages to him.
On April 24, 2010, R.V. was discovered by law enforcement authorities and, ultimately, sent back to Orlando with relatives. Once back in Orlando, Coriolant instructed R.V. to continue engaging in prostitution but to have sex only with regular, familiar clients because of concerns with law enforcement finding her.
In May 2010, Coriolant sent the minor back to New Orleans a second time to work as a prostitute. Coriolant again advertised sex with the minor on the online classified advertisement website. R.V. was arrested several days later.
U.S. Attorney William J. Hochul, Jr. announced today that Joseph Marranca, Jr., 67 of Lancaster, New York, pleaded guilty before U.S. District Judge Richard J. Arcara, to attempted receipt of child pornography. The charge carries a mandatory minimum penalty of five years in prison and a maximum of 20 years, a fine of $250,000, or both.
Assistant U.S. Attorney Marie P. Grisanti, who is handling the case, stated the defendant posted an ad on Craigslist.com that read, in part, “looking for a teenager.” Marranca engaged in chat conversations online and began talking with a person who indicated that she was a 14-year-old girl.
During those chats, the defendant asked the 14-year-old for pictures and made arrangements to meet her at a park. The individual that Marranca was actually chatting with was an undercover police officer. The defendant was arrested after he drove to the park to meet the officer. As part of the plea, Marranca agreed to the forfeiture of his 2005 Acura, his computer, and his cell phone.
Toledo, OH
An indictment was filed charging Duane Hill with sex trafficking of children and obstructing the investigation of child sex trafficking, said Steven M. Dettelbach, United States Attorney for the Northern District of Ohio.
Count one charges that on or about August 8, 2012, Hill recruited, enticed, harbored, transported, provided, obtained, and provided by any means, in and affecting interstate commerce, “A.W.,” knowing and in reckless disregard of the fact that A.W. had not attained the age of 18 years and that A.W. would engage in a commercial sex act.
Count two charges that on or about September 6, 2012, Hill provided false and misleading information to investigators assigned to the Northwest Ohio Violent Crimes Against Children Task Force who were investigating the offense charged in count one.
Boston, MA
A Whitinsville lawyer, who is also a Boy Scout leader and part-time middle school teacher, was indicted today in federal court and charged with using the Internet to entice minors to engage in unlawful sexual conduct and possessing child pornography.
Andrew Jonathan Myers, 34, originally charged via complaint last month, was indicted today with four counts of using the Internet to entice, persuade, or induce a minor to engage in unlawful sexual conduct and one count of possessing child pornography.
The indictment alleges that between May 7 and 9, 2012, and on June 28, 2012, Myers sent graphic e-mails to three minors upon whom Myers proposed to perform sexual acts. The minors were known to Myers through his work as a teacher or Boy Scout leader.
Myers’ actions were discovered when the mother of a 12-year-old boy in Colorado presented the Larimer County Sheriff’s Office with copies of e-mails and chats between an unknown 33-year-old man and her 12-year-old son. Through investigation, the Larimer County Sheriff’s Office traced the origin of the e-mails and chats to Myers. Myers also is charged in the indictment with enticing the 12-year-old Colorado boy.
Myers is further charged with possessing child pornography on a laptop computer which was seized from his home on August 21, 2012, pursuant to a federal search warrant.
New Orleans, LA
Benson December Coriolant, 30, of Orlando, Florida, was convicted today by a federal jury of all four counts of which he was charged, announced United States Attorney Jim Letten. He was charged with and convicted of sex trafficking of a child, conspiring with others to sex traffic a child, coercing and enticing an individual to engage in prostitution, and coercing and enticing a minor to engage in illegal sexual activity.
According to evidence introduced at trial, in late 2008, Coriolant met R.V., a 14-year-old female. Shortly thereafter, he began a sexual relationship with her. After convincing the minor that their relationship was one of boyfriend/girlfriend, Coriolant recruited R.V. to begin working for him as a prostitute in the Orlando area. Coriolant posted advertisements on multiple city-specific Internet classified ad websites offering prostitution services of the minor. Over the course of the next year, Coriolant forced R.V. to engage in dozens of sexual acts in exchange for money throughout the entire state of Florida. Coriolant forced R.V. to turn over the money she earned from prostitution either to him or one of his associates. Coriolant also provided R.V. with alcohol and illicit and mood-altering drugs as a way of numbing her senses and controlling her behavior.
In March 2010, Coriolant drove R.V., who was then 15 year old, to Kenner, Louisiana, to work as a prostitute. Coriolant used the New Orleans version of the online classified advertisement website to solicit individuals interested in paying for sex with the minor. Coriolant required R.V. to put the money she made from —thousands of dollars—into a bank account for his benefit. He further forced her to account for all of her expenses, including personal expenses such as food, in a journal, daily letters, and text messages to him.
On April 24, 2010, R.V. was discovered by law enforcement authorities and, ultimately, sent back to Orlando with relatives. Once back in Orlando, Coriolant instructed R.V. to continue engaging in prostitution but to have sex only with regular, familiar clients because of concerns with law enforcement finding her.
In May 2010, Coriolant sent the minor back to New Orleans a second time to work as a prostitute. Coriolant again advertised sex with the minor on the online classified advertisement website. R.V. was arrested several days later.
Wednesday, September 19, 2012
Crimes against Children 9-19-12
Springfield, IL
William A. Martin, 29, of Collinsville, Illinois, was sentenced in federal district court on September 17, 2012, to 120 months in prison (the maximum statutory sentence for the offense) on a one-count indictment charging him with possession of child pornography, the United States Attorney for the Southern District of Illinois, Stephen R. Wigginton, announced today. Martin was also ordered to serve a 30-year term of supervised release, fined $1,000, and ordered to pay a $100 special assessment. Martin previously pled guilty to the one-count indictment on March 27, 2012.
Evidence showed that agents executed a federal search warrant at Martin’s residence based upon an investigation which revealed that Martin was able to download videos and images of child pornography from a computer located at his residence. Agents seized two computers from Martin’s bedroom, which, when forensically examined, were found to contain images and/or videos of child pornography. Martin admitted receiving child pornography through a file-sharing program and admitted possessing both computers, knowing that each contained child pornography.
Jacksonville, FL
United States District Judge Roy B. Dalton, Jr. sentenced Robert Allen Brammer (24, High Springs) yesterday to 72 months in federal prison for receiving child pornography over the Internet.
Brammer was also sentenced to a term of 10 years’ supervised release upon completion of his prison term, and was required by the court to register as a sex offender and forfeit his computer media.
According to court documents, a detective working with the North Florida Internet Crimes Against Children (ICAC) Task Force began an undercover operation to identify persons using a particular file-sharing program on the Internet to obtain and share child pornography. The detective determined that other law enforcement officers had identified a computer using a particular Internet protocol (IP) address in Florida that was observed offering images of child pornography for distribution. Subsequent investigation revealed that, during the time frame that this IP address was seen offering images of child pornography for distribution, the subscriber for this Internet service account was an individual located at the residence of Robert Allen Brammer in High Springs.
On September 3, 2010, a federal search warrant was executed at Brammer’s residence. During the search, officers seized, among other things, a laptop computer and a desktop tower computer. During an interview, Brammer stated, among other things, that he began searching for and downloading child pornography approximately three-and-a-half years ago, and that he used file-sharing programs to search for and download child pornography from the Internet. A subsequent forensic analysis of Brammer’s computer media revealed at least 28 images and 15 videos of child pornography.
St. Louis, MO
Reginald Williams was arrested by FBI and St. Louis County officers Friday afternoon on a charge of interstate transportation of a minor with the intent to engage in prostitution. He appeared today in federal court for his preliminary and detention hearings.
According to the affidavit filed with the criminal complaint, on September 12, 2012, Collinsville, Illinois police received a report regarding a missing 16-year-old girl who was being forced to work as a prostitute by one or several adult males. The person reporting the information was familiar with online postings on the website Saint Louis backpages.com in which photographs of the girl were used to offer her services for commercial sex. The telephone number associated with the advertisement was recognized to be used by “Reggie,” who was later identified as Reginald Williams. Detectives reviewed the advertisement, which contained sexually suggestive language and listed the poster’s age to be 20 years old. However, Illinois police were able to confirm that she was born in 1996.
Investigators also learned that a second minor female was believed to be in the 16-year-old’s company at a hotel in St. Louis County. Detectives from Illinois then contacted the St. Louis FBI and the St. Louis County Police Department.
Liberty, TX
Jurors on Thursday sentenced a man convicted of taking part in the repeated sexual assault of a middle school student to 99 years in prison.
Eric McGowen wasn't in court when jurors found him guilty of aggravated sexual assault of a child or later when they returned with the sentence. The 20-year-old had been free on bail and he skipped out during a break in proceedings Wednesday, the first day of testimony.
The judge issued an arrest warrant for McGowen Wednesday and allowed testimony to resume Thursday. Jurors returned with the guilty verdict after deliberating for about 20 minutes. Then, after brief court proceedings on his punishment, they decided his sentence in less than 30 minutes.
Prosecutors say the girl, who was 11 years old at the time, was sexually assaulted on at least five occasions from mid-September through early December of 2010 by 20 men and boys from her town, Cleveland, which is about 45 miles northeast of Houston.
Police began investigating after one of the girl's classmates told a teacher he saw video of her being sexually assaulted in an abandoned trailer.
McGowen was in court Wednesday when the girl, now 13, spoke about her ordeal. Testifying using a pseudonym, she told jurors about an encounter in October 2010 and one the following month in which she said McGowen and several other men and boys took turns sexually assaulting her while recording the encounters on video.
William A. Martin, 29, of Collinsville, Illinois, was sentenced in federal district court on September 17, 2012, to 120 months in prison (the maximum statutory sentence for the offense) on a one-count indictment charging him with possession of child pornography, the United States Attorney for the Southern District of Illinois, Stephen R. Wigginton, announced today. Martin was also ordered to serve a 30-year term of supervised release, fined $1,000, and ordered to pay a $100 special assessment. Martin previously pled guilty to the one-count indictment on March 27, 2012.
Evidence showed that agents executed a federal search warrant at Martin’s residence based upon an investigation which revealed that Martin was able to download videos and images of child pornography from a computer located at his residence. Agents seized two computers from Martin’s bedroom, which, when forensically examined, were found to contain images and/or videos of child pornography. Martin admitted receiving child pornography through a file-sharing program and admitted possessing both computers, knowing that each contained child pornography.
Jacksonville, FL
United States District Judge Roy B. Dalton, Jr. sentenced Robert Allen Brammer (24, High Springs) yesterday to 72 months in federal prison for receiving child pornography over the Internet.
Brammer was also sentenced to a term of 10 years’ supervised release upon completion of his prison term, and was required by the court to register as a sex offender and forfeit his computer media.
According to court documents, a detective working with the North Florida Internet Crimes Against Children (ICAC) Task Force began an undercover operation to identify persons using a particular file-sharing program on the Internet to obtain and share child pornography. The detective determined that other law enforcement officers had identified a computer using a particular Internet protocol (IP) address in Florida that was observed offering images of child pornography for distribution. Subsequent investigation revealed that, during the time frame that this IP address was seen offering images of child pornography for distribution, the subscriber for this Internet service account was an individual located at the residence of Robert Allen Brammer in High Springs.
On September 3, 2010, a federal search warrant was executed at Brammer’s residence. During the search, officers seized, among other things, a laptop computer and a desktop tower computer. During an interview, Brammer stated, among other things, that he began searching for and downloading child pornography approximately three-and-a-half years ago, and that he used file-sharing programs to search for and download child pornography from the Internet. A subsequent forensic analysis of Brammer’s computer media revealed at least 28 images and 15 videos of child pornography.
St. Louis, MO
Reginald Williams was arrested by FBI and St. Louis County officers Friday afternoon on a charge of interstate transportation of a minor with the intent to engage in prostitution. He appeared today in federal court for his preliminary and detention hearings.
According to the affidavit filed with the criminal complaint, on September 12, 2012, Collinsville, Illinois police received a report regarding a missing 16-year-old girl who was being forced to work as a prostitute by one or several adult males. The person reporting the information was familiar with online postings on the website Saint Louis backpages.com in which photographs of the girl were used to offer her services for commercial sex. The telephone number associated with the advertisement was recognized to be used by “Reggie,” who was later identified as Reginald Williams. Detectives reviewed the advertisement, which contained sexually suggestive language and listed the poster’s age to be 20 years old. However, Illinois police were able to confirm that she was born in 1996.
Investigators also learned that a second minor female was believed to be in the 16-year-old’s company at a hotel in St. Louis County. Detectives from Illinois then contacted the St. Louis FBI and the St. Louis County Police Department.
Liberty, TX
Jurors on Thursday sentenced a man convicted of taking part in the repeated sexual assault of a middle school student to 99 years in prison.
Eric McGowen wasn't in court when jurors found him guilty of aggravated sexual assault of a child or later when they returned with the sentence. The 20-year-old had been free on bail and he skipped out during a break in proceedings Wednesday, the first day of testimony.
The judge issued an arrest warrant for McGowen Wednesday and allowed testimony to resume Thursday. Jurors returned with the guilty verdict after deliberating for about 20 minutes. Then, after brief court proceedings on his punishment, they decided his sentence in less than 30 minutes.
Prosecutors say the girl, who was 11 years old at the time, was sexually assaulted on at least five occasions from mid-September through early December of 2010 by 20 men and boys from her town, Cleveland, which is about 45 miles northeast of Houston.
Police began investigating after one of the girl's classmates told a teacher he saw video of her being sexually assaulted in an abandoned trailer.
McGowen was in court Wednesday when the girl, now 13, spoke about her ordeal. Testifying using a pseudonym, she told jurors about an encounter in October 2010 and one the following month in which she said McGowen and several other men and boys took turns sexually assaulting her while recording the encounters on video.
Monday, September 17, 2012
Crimes against Children 9-17-12
Indianapolis, IN
United States Attorney Joseph Hogsett today announced formal charges against a New Albany man for distribution and possession of child pornography. Patrick Logan Durrett, 24, was charged in an information filed in federal court.
As alleged by the government, in February, 2012, Durrett was making child pornography available for other users to download via the Internet using a peer-to-peer (P2P) networking file-sharing program. Undercover FBI agents made contact with Durrett, and the undercover agents were able to download at least 46 computer files depicting children engaged in sexually explicit activity from Durrett. The files distributed to the undercover agents included videos and images of explicit sexual abuse of children as young as four months old. Several of the images and videos depicted the sexual abuse of infant girls, including one image depicting bondage of a baby girl.
Albuquerque, NM
Yesterday, the FBI arrested Johncarlos Ortiz, 39, on a criminal complaint alleging child pornography charges, announced U.S. Attorney Kenneth J. Gonzales. Ortiz, a resident but not a member of Pojoaque Pueblo, New Mexico, made his initial appearance in federal court in Albuquerque this morning. During today’s proceedings, Ortiz entered a not guilty plea and waived his right to a preliminary hearing. He was ordered detained pending trial.
The complaint alleges that Ortiz possessed and distributed child pornography on Sept. 11, 2012, at his residence in Pojoaque Pueblo. According to the complaint, the investigation of the case was initiated in July 2012, after the National Center for Missing & Exploited Children (NCMEC) received information that images consistent with child pornography had been posted on a social networking site. The NCMEC sent the tip to the New Mexico Attorney General’s Office (NMAGO). In early August 2012, after determining that the images were posted using an e-mail account subscribed to Ortiz, the NMAGO and the New Mexico Internet Crimes Against Children (ICAC) Task Force contacted the FBI. The complaint alleges that, on September 11, 2012, the FBI executed a federal search warrant at Ortiz’s residence and seized a computer and a computer flash drive that allegedly contain images consistent with child pornography.
Alexandria, VA
Justin Strom, aka “Jae,” “Jae Dee,” or “J-Dirt,” 27, of Lorton, Virginia, was sentenced today to serve 40 years in prison for leading a gang-controlled prostitution business that recruited and trafficked high school girls over a five- to six-year period. One of Strom’s associates, Henock Ghile, 23, of Springfield, Virginia, also was sentenced today to 10 years in prison for serving as a driver in the sex trafficking enterprise. In total, five gang members or associates have been convicted of sex trafficking juveniles in connection with this case.
Washington, DC
Lonnie Newhouse, 47, of Beckley, West Virginia, was sentenced today to 16 years and eight months in prison on a charge of distribution of child pornography, announced U.S. Attorney Ronald C. Machen Jr.; James W. McJunkin, Assistant Director in Charge of the FBI’s Washington Field Office; and Cathy L. Lanier, Chief of the Metropolitan Police Department (MPD).
Newhouse pled guilty to the charge in May 2012 in the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia. He was sentenced by the Honorable Beryl A. Howell. Upon completion of his prison term, Newhouse will be placed on 10 years of supervised release. He also will be required at that time to register as a sex offender for 25 years.
According to a factual proffer of evidence presented during the plea hearing, on September 6, 2011, an MPD member of the FBI’s Child Exploitation Task Force, who was operating undercover and posing as a pedophile as part of the investigation, communicated with Newhouse by instant messenger and telephone. During the course of the communications over the next several weeks, Newhouse sent the undercover officer 11 images and one video of child pornography. Newhouse was arrested on October 13, 2011.
Atlanta, GA
Two men appeared in federal court today in two recently indicted sex trafficking cases in which five men are charged with pimping three 14-year-old and one 16-year-old girls in Atlanta hotels. Two federal indictments, both returned on August 28, 2012, charge members of a gang that called itself Da M.O.B., with raping the girls and forcing them to perform commercial sex acts—in one case, allegedly beating the girl on a daily basis. The two cases are separated based on different victims and different members of the gang who are alleged to have participated in the sex trafficking offenses.
Fabian Terran Murray, also known as “Shooter,” age 25, of Smyrna, Georgia, is charged in both indictments. The first indictment also charges Joshua Thomas Hill, also known as “Cash,” age 24, of Atlanta, Georgia; and Clinton Saintvil, 24, of Miami, Florida, while the second indictment also charges Richard Douglas King, also known as “Ready,” age 25, of Atlanta, Georgia; and Jonathan Christopher Branch, 21, of Atlanta, Georgia. The two indictments charge the defendants with conspiring to engage in sex trafficking of minors and sex trafficking of minors. Murray and King also are charged with using a firearm during the commission of sex trafficking of a minor, and Hill is also charged with possession of a firearm by a convicted felon.
Minneapolis, MN
U.S. Attorney Brendan V. Johnson announced that a Lower Brule man charged with sexual abuse of a minor was sentenced on September 11, 2012, by U.S. District Judge Roberto A. Lange. Sean Johnson, age 22, was sentenced to 15 months in custody, five years of supervised release, and a $100 special assessment.
Johnson was indicted by a federal grand jury in April 2012 on three counts of sexual abuse of a minor. He pled guilty to one count in June 2012.
The conviction stems from the time frame of December 2011 to February 2012, when Johnson and the minor victim met and began communicating via text messages. In February 2012, Johnson admitted to having sex with the minor victim three separate times.
United States Attorney Joseph Hogsett today announced formal charges against a New Albany man for distribution and possession of child pornography. Patrick Logan Durrett, 24, was charged in an information filed in federal court.
As alleged by the government, in February, 2012, Durrett was making child pornography available for other users to download via the Internet using a peer-to-peer (P2P) networking file-sharing program. Undercover FBI agents made contact with Durrett, and the undercover agents were able to download at least 46 computer files depicting children engaged in sexually explicit activity from Durrett. The files distributed to the undercover agents included videos and images of explicit sexual abuse of children as young as four months old. Several of the images and videos depicted the sexual abuse of infant girls, including one image depicting bondage of a baby girl.
Albuquerque, NM
Yesterday, the FBI arrested Johncarlos Ortiz, 39, on a criminal complaint alleging child pornography charges, announced U.S. Attorney Kenneth J. Gonzales. Ortiz, a resident but not a member of Pojoaque Pueblo, New Mexico, made his initial appearance in federal court in Albuquerque this morning. During today’s proceedings, Ortiz entered a not guilty plea and waived his right to a preliminary hearing. He was ordered detained pending trial.
The complaint alleges that Ortiz possessed and distributed child pornography on Sept. 11, 2012, at his residence in Pojoaque Pueblo. According to the complaint, the investigation of the case was initiated in July 2012, after the National Center for Missing & Exploited Children (NCMEC) received information that images consistent with child pornography had been posted on a social networking site. The NCMEC sent the tip to the New Mexico Attorney General’s Office (NMAGO). In early August 2012, after determining that the images were posted using an e-mail account subscribed to Ortiz, the NMAGO and the New Mexico Internet Crimes Against Children (ICAC) Task Force contacted the FBI. The complaint alleges that, on September 11, 2012, the FBI executed a federal search warrant at Ortiz’s residence and seized a computer and a computer flash drive that allegedly contain images consistent with child pornography.
Alexandria, VA
Justin Strom, aka “Jae,” “Jae Dee,” or “J-Dirt,” 27, of Lorton, Virginia, was sentenced today to serve 40 years in prison for leading a gang-controlled prostitution business that recruited and trafficked high school girls over a five- to six-year period. One of Strom’s associates, Henock Ghile, 23, of Springfield, Virginia, also was sentenced today to 10 years in prison for serving as a driver in the sex trafficking enterprise. In total, five gang members or associates have been convicted of sex trafficking juveniles in connection with this case.
Washington, DC
Lonnie Newhouse, 47, of Beckley, West Virginia, was sentenced today to 16 years and eight months in prison on a charge of distribution of child pornography, announced U.S. Attorney Ronald C. Machen Jr.; James W. McJunkin, Assistant Director in Charge of the FBI’s Washington Field Office; and Cathy L. Lanier, Chief of the Metropolitan Police Department (MPD).
Newhouse pled guilty to the charge in May 2012 in the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia. He was sentenced by the Honorable Beryl A. Howell. Upon completion of his prison term, Newhouse will be placed on 10 years of supervised release. He also will be required at that time to register as a sex offender for 25 years.
According to a factual proffer of evidence presented during the plea hearing, on September 6, 2011, an MPD member of the FBI’s Child Exploitation Task Force, who was operating undercover and posing as a pedophile as part of the investigation, communicated with Newhouse by instant messenger and telephone. During the course of the communications over the next several weeks, Newhouse sent the undercover officer 11 images and one video of child pornography. Newhouse was arrested on October 13, 2011.
Atlanta, GA
Two men appeared in federal court today in two recently indicted sex trafficking cases in which five men are charged with pimping three 14-year-old and one 16-year-old girls in Atlanta hotels. Two federal indictments, both returned on August 28, 2012, charge members of a gang that called itself Da M.O.B., with raping the girls and forcing them to perform commercial sex acts—in one case, allegedly beating the girl on a daily basis. The two cases are separated based on different victims and different members of the gang who are alleged to have participated in the sex trafficking offenses.
Fabian Terran Murray, also known as “Shooter,” age 25, of Smyrna, Georgia, is charged in both indictments. The first indictment also charges Joshua Thomas Hill, also known as “Cash,” age 24, of Atlanta, Georgia; and Clinton Saintvil, 24, of Miami, Florida, while the second indictment also charges Richard Douglas King, also known as “Ready,” age 25, of Atlanta, Georgia; and Jonathan Christopher Branch, 21, of Atlanta, Georgia. The two indictments charge the defendants with conspiring to engage in sex trafficking of minors and sex trafficking of minors. Murray and King also are charged with using a firearm during the commission of sex trafficking of a minor, and Hill is also charged with possession of a firearm by a convicted felon.
Minneapolis, MN
U.S. Attorney Brendan V. Johnson announced that a Lower Brule man charged with sexual abuse of a minor was sentenced on September 11, 2012, by U.S. District Judge Roberto A. Lange. Sean Johnson, age 22, was sentenced to 15 months in custody, five years of supervised release, and a $100 special assessment.
Johnson was indicted by a federal grand jury in April 2012 on three counts of sexual abuse of a minor. He pled guilty to one count in June 2012.
The conviction stems from the time frame of December 2011 to February 2012, when Johnson and the minor victim met and began communicating via text messages. In February 2012, Johnson admitted to having sex with the minor victim three separate times.
Wednesday, September 12, 2012
Crimes against Children 9-12-12
Belleview, FL
A Belleview man, telling a Star-Banner reporter he made a mistake when he downloaded child pornography, was given a bond of $25,000 Saturday morning.
Ronald Edgar Slauson said the pornography was “strictly for possession,” and he doesn’t “share it with anyone.” Slauson said he has “never molested a child.”
“I made a mistake when I downloaded it,” he said. “Honestly, I don’t know why I did it, even though I know it was wrong.”
The 72-year-old man was arrested by a Florida Department of Law Enforcement official and a goverment agent on Friday and charged with five counts of possession of child pornography.
Albuquerque, NM
This afternoon a federal judge in Albuquerque sentenced Karl Domingo, 37, an enrolled member of the Navajo Nation who resides in Rock Spring, New Mexico, to a 24-month prison term for his abusive sexual contact conviction. Domingo will be on supervised release for seven years after he completes his prison sentence. He also will be required to register as a sex offender.
Domingo pled guilty to an information charging him with abusive sexual contact with a minor on June 6, 2012 under a plea agreement with the U.S. Attorney’s Office. In his plea agreement, Domingo admitted that, in the summer of 2007, he sexually assaulted a 10-year-old female child by touching her genitalia with his finger. Domingo further admitted that the sexual assault occurred at the child’s home which was located within the Navajo Indian Reservation.
Albuquerque, NM
This morning in federal court, Carlena Martin, 25, a member of the Navajo Nation who resides in Crownpoint, New Mexico, pled guilty to an indictment charging her with child abuse under a plea agreement with the U.S. Attorney’s Office.
U.S. Attorney Kenneth J. Gonzales said that, during today’s plea hearing, Martin admitted abusing her 4-month-old infant on April 23, 2012. In her plea agreement, Martin stated that on that date, she became intoxicated and repeatedly dropped the infant while carrying him outside her home, which is located on the Navajo Indian Reservation.
Buffalo, NY
U.S. Attorney William J. Hochul, Jr. announced today that James S. Allen, 36, of New Baltimore, Michigan, has been arrested and charged by criminal complaint with cyberstalking, trafficking in computer passwords, and making harassing telephone calls. The charges carry a maximum penalty of 10 years in prison and a $250,000 fine.
Assistant U.S. Attorney Aaron J. Mango, who is handling the case, stated that according to complaint, between June 24, 2012 and August 14, 2012, the defendant utilized the Internet and text messages to communicate with at least 10 female victims in the Western District of New York, many of them minors, in an effort to obtain pornographic pictures of the minors. The complaint alleges that Allen would contact the victims and tell them that he found naked pictures of them on the Internet. The defendant then directed the victims to a specific website to view the pictures. In reality, the website was a front by which the defendant sought to surreptitiously obtain the victim’s private e-mail address and password—such a site is sometimes referred to by law enforcement as a “phishing” website.
A Belleview man, telling a Star-Banner reporter he made a mistake when he downloaded child pornography, was given a bond of $25,000 Saturday morning.
Ronald Edgar Slauson said the pornography was “strictly for possession,” and he doesn’t “share it with anyone.” Slauson said he has “never molested a child.”
“I made a mistake when I downloaded it,” he said. “Honestly, I don’t know why I did it, even though I know it was wrong.”
The 72-year-old man was arrested by a Florida Department of Law Enforcement official and a goverment agent on Friday and charged with five counts of possession of child pornography.
Albuquerque, NM
This afternoon a federal judge in Albuquerque sentenced Karl Domingo, 37, an enrolled member of the Navajo Nation who resides in Rock Spring, New Mexico, to a 24-month prison term for his abusive sexual contact conviction. Domingo will be on supervised release for seven years after he completes his prison sentence. He also will be required to register as a sex offender.
Domingo pled guilty to an information charging him with abusive sexual contact with a minor on June 6, 2012 under a plea agreement with the U.S. Attorney’s Office. In his plea agreement, Domingo admitted that, in the summer of 2007, he sexually assaulted a 10-year-old female child by touching her genitalia with his finger. Domingo further admitted that the sexual assault occurred at the child’s home which was located within the Navajo Indian Reservation.
Albuquerque, NM
This morning in federal court, Carlena Martin, 25, a member of the Navajo Nation who resides in Crownpoint, New Mexico, pled guilty to an indictment charging her with child abuse under a plea agreement with the U.S. Attorney’s Office.
U.S. Attorney Kenneth J. Gonzales said that, during today’s plea hearing, Martin admitted abusing her 4-month-old infant on April 23, 2012. In her plea agreement, Martin stated that on that date, she became intoxicated and repeatedly dropped the infant while carrying him outside her home, which is located on the Navajo Indian Reservation.
Buffalo, NY
U.S. Attorney William J. Hochul, Jr. announced today that James S. Allen, 36, of New Baltimore, Michigan, has been arrested and charged by criminal complaint with cyberstalking, trafficking in computer passwords, and making harassing telephone calls. The charges carry a maximum penalty of 10 years in prison and a $250,000 fine.
Assistant U.S. Attorney Aaron J. Mango, who is handling the case, stated that according to complaint, between June 24, 2012 and August 14, 2012, the defendant utilized the Internet and text messages to communicate with at least 10 female victims in the Western District of New York, many of them minors, in an effort to obtain pornographic pictures of the minors. The complaint alleges that Allen would contact the victims and tell them that he found naked pictures of them on the Internet. The defendant then directed the victims to a specific website to view the pictures. In reality, the website was a front by which the defendant sought to surreptitiously obtain the victim’s private e-mail address and password—such a site is sometimes referred to by law enforcement as a “phishing” website.
Monday, September 10, 2012
Crimes against Children 9-10-12
Atlanta, GA
A previously convicted sex offender who distributed graphic images of child pornography over the Internet was sentenced today by United States District Court Judge Willis B. Hunt, Jr. to 15 years in prison. Mark Twain Heaton, III, 40, of Roswell, Georgia, pleaded guilty to those charges on March 29, 2012.
Rick Maxwell, Acting Special Agent in Charge, FBI Atlanta Field Office, stated: “This defendant, being an aggressive distributor of child pornography and having a past record of such behavior, quickly became a priority for the FBI’s Innocent Images Task Force investigators. Working with our established law enforcement partners, a strong criminal case was built against Mr. Heaton, resulting in today’s lengthy sentence that will, thankfully, remove him as a threat to our community’s children.”
Houston, TX
Christopher Clark Pollett, 64, of Houston, has been sentenced to 78 months in federal prison for possession of child pornography, United States Attorney Kenneth Magidson announced today. Pollett was indicted January 12, 2011, and entered a guilty plea to one count of possession of child pornography before U.S. District Judge Lee Rosenthal on November 22, 2011.
In handing down the sentence today, Judge Rosenthal stated that the victims in the images and videos are real children who have been sexually tortured, and consumers of this material like the defendant are the reason for their suffering as his consumption creates a demand for the material.
The investigation—conducted by the FBI Innocent Images Task Force, which includes members of the Harris County Sheriff’s Office—further revealed that Pollett was employed by Neighborhood Center Inc., a non-profit organization dedicated to after school programs and community development in southwest Houston.
Ft. Wayne, IN
A convicted sex offender pleaded guilty to new charges this week, admitting to taking naked pictures of a young girl and possessing child pornography.
Bradley Peaver, 34, of New Haven was arrested in August on charges of child exploitation, multiple counts of possession of child pornography and a single charge of possession of marijuana or a synthetic.
A girl, known to Peaver, told her mother Peaver took pictures of her while she was naked when they went fishing together. She told police Peaver videotaped her while she was going to the bathroom in a weedy, wooded area near the pond.
As part of the plea agreement reached with prosecutors, Peaver pleaded guilty in Allen Superior Court to one count of possession of child pornography and a charge of child exploitation.
Portland, OR
A Salem couple accused of filming sex acts with their two school-age daughters and trading those videos to people on the East Coast were confronted by a friend on Facebook who threatened to turn them in if they didn’t do so themselves.
Salem police arrested the couple Tuesday. A federal indictment accuses them of manufacturing child pornography. The Associated Press is withholding their names to protect the identities of their daughters.
The arrest ended a monthlong search that originated in Virginia for a woman known only as “Jane Doe,” who was pictured in sex acts with children. The Department of Homeland Security’s investigations team sent out a nationwide news release Aug. 7 with pictures of the woman they were seeking – the woman they now believe is the female half of the couple.
Ottawa, CA
A 48-year-old Ottawa man has been charged with possessing and sharing child pornography.
Police investigated after they received a complaint from a social media site.
Rodney McMahon was charged Thursday with two counts of possessing child pornography and one count of making it available.
Houston, TX
A Houston man who had more than 17,000 child pornography images and videos has been sentenced to 6½ years in prison.
A Houston federal judge on Friday sentenced 64-year-old Christopher Clark Pollett. Pollett in November pleaded guilty to possession of child pornography in a 2010 case.
The FBI in June 2010 searched Pollett's home. Authorities say several computers, film reels, books and binders had thousands of images of children. About 17,000 digital images and 400 child porn videos were located.
Indianapolis, IN
An Indianapolis man accused of production of child pornography and coercion of a minor pleaded guilty today to charges against him.
Tony R. Fisher, 35, was arrested June 1 after driving from Indianapolis to Columbus, Ohio to meet with an undercover officer whom he believed had to minor foster children, according to U.S. Attorney Carter M. Stewart's Office in the southern district of Ohio.
According to a testimony presented during the hearing at U.S. District Court in Ohio, Fisher contacted an Internet Crimes Against Children Task Force officer in May on the Internet and offered to trade pictures and videos of child pornography. He also told the undercover officer he wanted to engage in sexual activity with his two fictitious children and that he wanted to film the encounter.
Wilmington, DE
A Wilmington man was arrested for distributing child pornography over the Internet depicting victims ranging in age from 13-year-olds to infants less than a year old, state officials said.
Kristopher J. Loeb, 34, of the 100 block of Fifth Ave. in Browntown, was charged with 25 counts of dealing in child pornography.
An undercover investigation into online child pornography distribution lead to members of the Child Predator Task Force raiding Loeb’s home Thursday, said Jason Miller, spokesman for the state Attorney General’s Office.
Detectives seized a large laptop for forensic examination which contained “an extensive quantity” of images of child pornography.
Also seized were 25 videos and numerous pictures depicting children of all ages, Miller said.
Montgomery, AL
An Alabama man that admitted he posed as Justin Bieber in teen chat rooms to convince young girls to expose themselves on webcams may have victims worldwide. Canadian Police say the man has a history of child pornography.
In August, Christopher Patrick Gunn, 32, of Montgomery, Alabama pleaded guilty to two counts of possession of child pornography, 14 counts of interstate extortion and seven counts of stalking.
An investigator in Canada reportedly initiated the investigation by contacting American authorities at the FBI and the Department of Homeland Security over the summer.
A previously convicted sex offender who distributed graphic images of child pornography over the Internet was sentenced today by United States District Court Judge Willis B. Hunt, Jr. to 15 years in prison. Mark Twain Heaton, III, 40, of Roswell, Georgia, pleaded guilty to those charges on March 29, 2012.
Rick Maxwell, Acting Special Agent in Charge, FBI Atlanta Field Office, stated: “This defendant, being an aggressive distributor of child pornography and having a past record of such behavior, quickly became a priority for the FBI’s Innocent Images Task Force investigators. Working with our established law enforcement partners, a strong criminal case was built against Mr. Heaton, resulting in today’s lengthy sentence that will, thankfully, remove him as a threat to our community’s children.”
Houston, TX
Christopher Clark Pollett, 64, of Houston, has been sentenced to 78 months in federal prison for possession of child pornography, United States Attorney Kenneth Magidson announced today. Pollett was indicted January 12, 2011, and entered a guilty plea to one count of possession of child pornography before U.S. District Judge Lee Rosenthal on November 22, 2011.
In handing down the sentence today, Judge Rosenthal stated that the victims in the images and videos are real children who have been sexually tortured, and consumers of this material like the defendant are the reason for their suffering as his consumption creates a demand for the material.
The investigation—conducted by the FBI Innocent Images Task Force, which includes members of the Harris County Sheriff’s Office—further revealed that Pollett was employed by Neighborhood Center Inc., a non-profit organization dedicated to after school programs and community development in southwest Houston.
Ft. Wayne, IN
A convicted sex offender pleaded guilty to new charges this week, admitting to taking naked pictures of a young girl and possessing child pornography.
Bradley Peaver, 34, of New Haven was arrested in August on charges of child exploitation, multiple counts of possession of child pornography and a single charge of possession of marijuana or a synthetic.
A girl, known to Peaver, told her mother Peaver took pictures of her while she was naked when they went fishing together. She told police Peaver videotaped her while she was going to the bathroom in a weedy, wooded area near the pond.
As part of the plea agreement reached with prosecutors, Peaver pleaded guilty in Allen Superior Court to one count of possession of child pornography and a charge of child exploitation.
Portland, OR
A Salem couple accused of filming sex acts with their two school-age daughters and trading those videos to people on the East Coast were confronted by a friend on Facebook who threatened to turn them in if they didn’t do so themselves.
Salem police arrested the couple Tuesday. A federal indictment accuses them of manufacturing child pornography. The Associated Press is withholding their names to protect the identities of their daughters.
The arrest ended a monthlong search that originated in Virginia for a woman known only as “Jane Doe,” who was pictured in sex acts with children. The Department of Homeland Security’s investigations team sent out a nationwide news release Aug. 7 with pictures of the woman they were seeking – the woman they now believe is the female half of the couple.
Ottawa, CA
A 48-year-old Ottawa man has been charged with possessing and sharing child pornography.
Police investigated after they received a complaint from a social media site.
Rodney McMahon was charged Thursday with two counts of possessing child pornography and one count of making it available.
Houston, TX
A Houston man who had more than 17,000 child pornography images and videos has been sentenced to 6½ years in prison.
A Houston federal judge on Friday sentenced 64-year-old Christopher Clark Pollett. Pollett in November pleaded guilty to possession of child pornography in a 2010 case.
The FBI in June 2010 searched Pollett's home. Authorities say several computers, film reels, books and binders had thousands of images of children. About 17,000 digital images and 400 child porn videos were located.
Indianapolis, IN
An Indianapolis man accused of production of child pornography and coercion of a minor pleaded guilty today to charges against him.
Tony R. Fisher, 35, was arrested June 1 after driving from Indianapolis to Columbus, Ohio to meet with an undercover officer whom he believed had to minor foster children, according to U.S. Attorney Carter M. Stewart's Office in the southern district of Ohio.
According to a testimony presented during the hearing at U.S. District Court in Ohio, Fisher contacted an Internet Crimes Against Children Task Force officer in May on the Internet and offered to trade pictures and videos of child pornography. He also told the undercover officer he wanted to engage in sexual activity with his two fictitious children and that he wanted to film the encounter.
Wilmington, DE
A Wilmington man was arrested for distributing child pornography over the Internet depicting victims ranging in age from 13-year-olds to infants less than a year old, state officials said.
Kristopher J. Loeb, 34, of the 100 block of Fifth Ave. in Browntown, was charged with 25 counts of dealing in child pornography.
An undercover investigation into online child pornography distribution lead to members of the Child Predator Task Force raiding Loeb’s home Thursday, said Jason Miller, spokesman for the state Attorney General’s Office.
Detectives seized a large laptop for forensic examination which contained “an extensive quantity” of images of child pornography.
Also seized were 25 videos and numerous pictures depicting children of all ages, Miller said.
Montgomery, AL
An Alabama man that admitted he posed as Justin Bieber in teen chat rooms to convince young girls to expose themselves on webcams may have victims worldwide. Canadian Police say the man has a history of child pornography.
In August, Christopher Patrick Gunn, 32, of Montgomery, Alabama pleaded guilty to two counts of possession of child pornography, 14 counts of interstate extortion and seven counts of stalking.
An investigator in Canada reportedly initiated the investigation by contacting American authorities at the FBI and the Department of Homeland Security over the summer.
Sunday, September 9, 2012
Crimes against Children 9-9-12
New York City, NY
A MANHATTAN school aide accused of molesting a disabled student was hit with 10 counts of possessing child pornography Wednesday.
Gregory Atkins, 56, a teacher's aide at Public School 87 on the upper
West Side, had 10 photos of a minor engaged in a sex act on his
computer, according to an indictment.
The longtime city school employee was already accused of two counts of sex abuse and endangering the welfare of a child for taking the 8-year-old boy into the school’s bathroom, telling him to undress and touching him, according to prosecutors.
A MANHATTAN school aide accused of molesting a disabled student was hit with 10 counts of possessing child pornography Wednesday.
Gregory Atkins, 56, a teacher's aide at Public School 87 on the upper
West Side, had 10 photos of a minor engaged in a sex act on his
computer, according to an indictment.The longtime city school employee was already accused of two counts of sex abuse and endangering the welfare of a child for taking the 8-year-old boy into the school’s bathroom, telling him to undress and touching him, according to prosecutors.
Saturday, September 8, 2012
Crimes against Children 9-8-12
Paris, ME
A Fryeburg man has pleaded not guilty to molesting two infants and possessing child pornography.
A Fryeburg man has pleaded not guilty to molesting two infants and possessing child pornography.
Twenty-two-year-old
Luke Edmunds was arraigned Tuesday in Oxford County Superior Court on
charges of possession of sexually explicit materials and unlawful sexual
contact.
The Sun Journal ( http://bit.ly/OYjBfL)
reports that a Maine State Police investigator says Edmunds was living
in Fryeburg with a family member when police traced an Internet address
sharing child pornography on file-sharing networks. Police subpoenaed FairPoint Communications and found the Internet account registered to Edmunds' grandfather.
That
man didn't know how to use the Internet. But police say Edmunds
admitted to sharing the files. Police were later told by two people that
Edmunds had sexually touched two infants.
Lindenhurst, NY
A former director of a community theater group on Long Island has been arrested for child pornography.
Suffolk County Police arrested 42-year-old Vincent Sparagano of Lindenhurst Wednesday morning and charged him with one count of possessing a sexual performance by a child.
Sparagano is already on probation after being convicted of endangering the welfare of a child in Nassau County.
Brunswick, FL
A Kingsland man was sentenced to 90 years in federal prison for filming his sex acts with three children and distributing it across state lines as child pornography.
Mohamad
Nazir Ahmad, 59, of Brighton, pleaded guilty before U.S. District Judge
David G. Larimer, U. S. Attorney William J. Hochul, Jr. announced
Wednesday.
Nazir Ahmad possessed a camera with a memory stick containing three videos he produced. The videos depicted him engaging in sexually explicit conduct with a 13-year-old girl, said Assistant U.S. Attorney Tiffany H. Lee, who is handling the case.
Circuit
Judge Lee Coleman on Tuesday ordered that the sentence run consecutive
to a 10-year attempted aggravated assault sentence Triplett already is
serving from Jackson County, Miss., and a 10-year federal child porn
conviction.
Triplett was sentenced as a habitual offender.
Prosecutors say Triplett was arrested after investigators found explicit photos of minor children on a computer obtained from his home. The computer was examined during an investigation into the September 2009 disappearance of Triplett's 21-year-old stepdaughter, Kaila Morris.
Lindenhurst, NY
A former director of a community theater group on Long Island has been arrested for child pornography.
Suffolk County Police arrested 42-year-old Vincent Sparagano of Lindenhurst Wednesday morning and charged him with one count of possessing a sexual performance by a child.
Sparagano is already on probation after being convicted of endangering the welfare of a child in Nassau County.
Brunswick, FL
A Kingsland man was sentenced to 90 years in federal prison for filming his sex acts with three children and distributing it across state lines as child pornography.
Angel Luis Rivera, 41, pleaded guilty in April to three of 11 counts of sexually exploiting three children. Those charges were in an indictment that a federal grand jury handed up in February 2011
that accused Rivera of persuading or enticing a boy, 4, and girls, then
6 and 14, to engage in sexually explicit conduct so he could produce
child pornography.
A Brighton man has pleaded guilty in federal court to possessing child pornography.
Nazir Ahmad possessed a camera with a memory stick containing three videos he produced. The videos depicted him engaging in sexually explicit conduct with a 13-year-old girl, said Assistant U.S. Attorney Tiffany H. Lee, who is handling the case.
A Lowndes County judge has sentenced 59-year-old Robert Triplett to
40 years in prison on state charges of possession of child pornography.
Triplett was sentenced as a habitual offender.
Prosecutors say Triplett was arrested after investigators found explicit photos of minor children on a computer obtained from his home. The computer was examined during an investigation into the September 2009 disappearance of Triplett's 21-year-old stepdaughter, Kaila Morris.
Friday, September 7, 2012
Crimes against Children 9-7-12
Minneapolis, MN
Earlier today in federal court, a 67-year-old Chaska man was sentenced for possessing child pornography. United States District Court Judge John R. Tunheim sentenced Wayne Lee Bourne to 12 months and one day in prison on one count of possession of child pornography. Bourne, who was charged on September 6, 2011, pleaded guilty on September 21, 2011.
In his plea agreement, Bourne admitted that on June 21, 2007, he possessed one or more devices, including a computer, containing a visual depiction of a minor engaging in sexually explicit conduct.
This case was the result of an investigation by the Minnesota Cyber Crimes Task Force, which is sponsored by the Federal Bureau of Investigation and the U.S. Secret Service. Other agencies that participated in the investigation included the Chaska Police Department and the FBI’s Birmingham, Alabama, and Philadelphia Field Offices. The case was prosecuted by Assistant U.S. Attorney Kimberly A. Svendsen.
Presently, the Justice Department is funding a study concerning the correlation between involvement in child pornography and the hands-on sexual abuse of children. A 2008 study (The Butner Study) published in the Journal of Family Violence found that up to 80 percent of federal inmates incarcerated for possession, receipt, or distribution of child pornography also admitted to hands-on sexual abuse of children, ranging from touching to rape.
Beaumont, TX
A Southeast Texas man has been sentenced to more than six years in prison in a child pornography case involving about 11,000 computer images.
A federal judge in Beaumont on Tuesday sentenced 37-year-old Shawn Suri. The Beaumont man in May pleaded guilty to possession of material involving the sexual exploitation of minors.
Officers last September searched Suri's home and seized a laptop computer. Investigators say the device also had about 1,000 child porn videos.
Waterford, CT
Former Waterford pastor Dennis Carey has been receiving treatment for his child pornography addiction at a Pennsylvania facility that specializes in behavioral health problems of Catholic clergy members, according to his attorney.
Carey, 65, resigned from Waterford’s St. Paul in Chains Church on June 29 after state and local police served a search warrant on the rectory, where Carey lived, and seized computers they said contained hundreds of images of child pornography. He posted a $100,000 bond following his July 3 arrest for possession of child pornography and has been making appearances in the New London court where major crimes are heard.
Paris, ME
A Fryeburg man has pleaded not guilty to molesting two infants and possessing child pornography.
Earlier today in federal court, a 67-year-old Chaska man was sentenced for possessing child pornography. United States District Court Judge John R. Tunheim sentenced Wayne Lee Bourne to 12 months and one day in prison on one count of possession of child pornography. Bourne, who was charged on September 6, 2011, pleaded guilty on September 21, 2011.
In his plea agreement, Bourne admitted that on June 21, 2007, he possessed one or more devices, including a computer, containing a visual depiction of a minor engaging in sexually explicit conduct.
This case was the result of an investigation by the Minnesota Cyber Crimes Task Force, which is sponsored by the Federal Bureau of Investigation and the U.S. Secret Service. Other agencies that participated in the investigation included the Chaska Police Department and the FBI’s Birmingham, Alabama, and Philadelphia Field Offices. The case was prosecuted by Assistant U.S. Attorney Kimberly A. Svendsen.
Presently, the Justice Department is funding a study concerning the correlation between involvement in child pornography and the hands-on sexual abuse of children. A 2008 study (The Butner Study) published in the Journal of Family Violence found that up to 80 percent of federal inmates incarcerated for possession, receipt, or distribution of child pornography also admitted to hands-on sexual abuse of children, ranging from touching to rape.
Beaumont, TX
A Southeast Texas man has been sentenced to more than six years in prison in a child pornography case involving about 11,000 computer images.
A federal judge in Beaumont on Tuesday sentenced 37-year-old Shawn Suri. The Beaumont man in May pleaded guilty to possession of material involving the sexual exploitation of minors.
Officers last September searched Suri's home and seized a laptop computer. Investigators say the device also had about 1,000 child porn videos.
Waterford, CT
Former Waterford pastor Dennis Carey has been receiving treatment for his child pornography addiction at a Pennsylvania facility that specializes in behavioral health problems of Catholic clergy members, according to his attorney.
Carey, 65, resigned from Waterford’s St. Paul in Chains Church on June 29 after state and local police served a search warrant on the rectory, where Carey lived, and seized computers they said contained hundreds of images of child pornography. He posted a $100,000 bond following his July 3 arrest for possession of child pornography and has been making appearances in the New London court where major crimes are heard.
Paris, ME
A Fryeburg man has pleaded not guilty to molesting two infants and possessing child pornography.
Twenty-two-year-old
Luke Edmunds was arraigned Tuesday in Oxford County Superior Court on
charges of possession of sexually explicit materials and unlawful sexual
contact.
The Sun Journal ( http://bit.ly/OYjBfL)
reports that a Maine State Police investigator says Edmunds was living
in Fryeburg with a family member when police traced an Internet address
sharing child pornography on file-sharing networks. Police subpoenaed FairPoint Communications and found the Internet account registered to Edmunds' grandfather.
Los Angeles, CA
The former Los Angles City Commissioner charged with possessing child
pornography, initially blaming it on his alleged split personality, is
now reportedly agreeing to plead guilty to the crime.
CBS2 investigative reporter David Goldstein tried to talk with Albert Abrams about the charge.
Last year, the former president of the city board of neighborhood commissioners — appointed by the mayor — had plenty to say. He blamed the child porn pictures on his alleged split personality.
Kansas City, Kansas
An eastern Kansas man who set up a nude photo shoot with a 14-year-old girl has pleaded guilty to possessing child pornography.
The U.S. Attorney's office says 30-year-old Kristopher Hausback, of Spring Hill, entered the plea Tuesday. He'll be sentenced in December.
Prosecutors say the girl went to a Johnson County hotel in August 2011 to be photographed by Hausback and texted the hotel name and room number to her brother.
Los Angeles, CA
The former Los Angles City Commissioner charged with possessing child
pornography, initially blaming it on his alleged split personality, is
now reportedly agreeing to plead guilty to the crime.
CBS2 investigative reporter David Goldstein tried to talk with Albert Abrams about the charge.
Last year, the former president of the city board of neighborhood commissioners — appointed by the mayor — had plenty to say. He blamed the child porn pictures on his alleged split personality.
Kansas City, Kansas
An eastern Kansas man who set up a nude photo shoot with a 14-year-old girl has pleaded guilty to possessing child pornography.
The U.S. Attorney's office says 30-year-old Kristopher Hausback, of Spring Hill, entered the plea Tuesday. He'll be sentenced in December.
Prosecutors say the girl went to a Johnson County hotel in August 2011 to be photographed by Hausback and texted the hotel name and room number to her brother.
Tuesday, September 4, 2012
Crimes against Children 9-4-12
Atlanta, GA
Acting Special Agent in Charge (A/SAC) Ricky Maxwell announces, on behalf of the Northwest Georgia Crimes Against Children Task Force, the following arrest:
Vikul Patel, 35 years of age, of Chattanooga, Tennessee, was arrested without incident yesterday afternoon, Sunday, September 2, 2012, in Rossville, Georgia, by the FBI-led Safe Child Task Force agents and officers after he traveled there to meet a minor child for purposes of having sex.
Patel, a doctor of internal medicine, came to the attention of law enforcement over the Internet when he began a series of “chats” with undercover agents/officers regarding his desire to have sex with a minor child.
Patel was transported and processed at the Walker County Detention Center on state charges of attempted child molestation and violation of the Computer Pornography Act.
Albany, NY
The Office of the United States Attorney for the District of Vermont stated that Matthew Jayne, 44, of Manchester Village, Vermont, was arrested yesterday on a charge of possession of child pornography. Yesterday, Jayne had an initial appearance on a criminal complaint charging him with committing that offense on August 30, 2012. Today, the Hon. John M. Conroy, United States Magistrate Judge, held a hearing on the government’s motion for pre-trial detention of Jayne. Judge Conroy denied the motion and released Jayne on conditions, including that he refrain from unsupervised contact with children and submit to monitoring of his computer use.
Court records indicate that Jayne downloaded and distributed child pornography using Internet file sharing software. Records further indicate that a forensic preview of Jayne’s laptop computer revealed dozens of images of child pornography. Jayne was arrested following the execution of a search warrant at his Manchester Village home on August 30, 2012.
Anchorage, AK
U.S. Attorney Karen L. Loeffler announced today that Sidney Lamar Greene, 41, was sentenced to 144 months in prison for attempted child sex trafficking and for conspiring to defraud the government. Greene was also ordered to pay $127,322.39 in restitution to the Internal Revenue Service and will serve 84 months of supervised release after completing his term of incarceration.
Co-defendant Keyana “Koko” Marshall was sentenced in November 2011, to 30 months in prison, to be followed by 36 months of supervised release, for conspiring to commit sex trafficking of children by force, fraud, and coercion. Co-defendant Rand Hooks was sentenced in February 2012 to 12 months in prison, to be followed by 36 months of supervised release, for promoting prostitution.
The case against Sabil Mumin Mujahid was dismissed in October 2011, in light of his 50-year combined sentence in two other federal cases, which related to him assaulting other prison inmates while being incarcerated for a weapons conviction.
In December 2009, these four defendants were indicted in a 41-count superseding indictment, which included charges of sex trafficking of children and women by force, promoting prostitution, possession of child pornography, sexual exploitation of a child, tampering with a victim, conspiring to defraud the government by filing false tax returns, and identity theft. Not all four defendants were named in each count.
Atlanta, GA
Special Agent in Charge (SAC) Brian D. Lamkin announces, on behalf of the Northwest Georgia Crimes Against Children Task Force, the following arrest:
Daniel Austin, 56 years old, of Acworth, Georgia, was arrested without incident this afternoon, Friday, August 31, 2012, in Ringgold, Georgia, by the FBI-led Safe Child Task Force agents and officers after he traveled there to meet a minor child for purposes of having sex.
Austin came to the attention of law enforcement over the Internet, wherein he began a series of “chats” with undercover agents/officers regarding his desire to have sex with a minor child.
Austin was transported and processed at the Catoosa County Detention Center on state charges of attempted child molestation and violation of the Computer Pornography Act.
Kangaroo Flat, Australia
A 38-year-old Kangaroo Flat man has been arrested and charged in an international child pornography sting.
Four children being exploited to produce pornography in the US were rescued as a result of the police crackdown in Victoria.
A four-week operation uncovered about 25,000 images and led to 21 arrests.
Biddeford, ME
A Maine pastor who works with the homeless has been charged by state police with possessing child pornography.
Albuquerque, NM
This morning, a federal judge sentenced Jeffrey Neal Jackson to a 10-year term of imprisonment to be followed by 10 years of supervised release for his child sexual exploitation conviction. Jackson will be required to register as a sex offender after he completes his prison sentence.
Jackson, 44, was a military recruiter employed by the National Guard and stationed in Lubbock, Texas, when he was arrested on child sexual exploitation charges on November 28, 2011. He has been in federal custody since that time. On April 11, 2012, Jackson pled guilty to count one of a two-count indictment charging him with coercion and enticement of a minor. Under the terms of Jackson’s plea agreement, count two of the indictment—charging Jackson with travel with intent to engage in illicit sexual conduct—will be dismissed.
According to the indictment, between October 3, 2011 and October 24, 2011, Jackson used a computer and cellular phone to entice an individual whom he believed to be under 18 years of age to engage in sexual activity. Jackson then traveled from Texas to Curry County, New Mexico, for the purpose of engaging in sexual activity with a person whom he believed to be a 15-year-old girl.
Wichita, KS
A Topeka man has been sentenced to 72 months in federal prison for possessing and distributing child pornography, U.S. Attorney Barry Grissom said today.
Jacob Lee Grigsby, 22, Topeka, Kansas, pleaded guilty to one count of distributing child pornography and one count of possessing child pornography. At sentencing, prosecutors told the judge that in 2010 an FBI agent in Virginia used the Internet to download child pornography from Grigbsy’s computer. Grigbsy obtained the child pornography using Limewire, a peer-to-peer file sharing program. Investigators executed a search warrant at Grigsby’s home in Topeka. They found images of child pornography with victims as young as infants.
Buffalo, NY
U.S. Attorney William J. Hochul, Jr. announced today that Paul Hackett, 45, of Buffalo, New York, who was convicted of production of child pornography and possession of child pornography, was sentenced to 20 years in prison and lifetime supervised release by U.S. District Chief Judge William M. Skretny.
Assistant U.S. Attorney Aaron J. Mango, who handled the case, stated between October 1998 and August 2001, the defendant knowingly enticed and coerced a minor female victim to engage in sexually explicit conduct for the purpose of producing visual depictions of such conduct.
Specifically, while Hackett was using the victim to engage in sexually explicit conduct, he took approximately 16 Polaroid photographs of the victim. Those pictures were subsequently found in the defendant’s residence in October 2011 and depict the victim engaging in sexually explicit conduct. During the relevant time period, the victim ranged in age from 15 to 17 years old.
This case was brought as part of Project Safe Childhood, a nationwide initiative to combat the growing epidemic of child sexual exploitation and abuse launched in May 2006 by the Department of Justice. Led by United States Attorneys’ Offices and the Criminal Division’s Child Exploitation and Obscenity Section (CEOS), Project Safe Childhood marshals federal, state, and local resources to better locate, apprehend, and prosecute individuals who exploit children via the Internet, as well as to identify and rescue victims. For more information about Project Safe Childhood, please visit www.projectsafechildhood.gov.
Baltimore, MD
John Andrew Blaes, age 49, of Parkville, Maryland, pleaded guilty today to conspiracy to produce child pornography and to transporting a minor to engage in sexually explicit conduct.
The guilty plea was announced by United States Attorney for the District of Maryland Rod J. Rosenstein; Acting Special Agent in Charge Timothy P. Groh of the Federal Bureau of Investigation; Special Agent in Charge William Winter of U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement’s (ICE); Homeland Security Investigations (HSI); and Chief James W. Johnson of the Baltimore County Police Department.
According to the plea agreement, at some time prior to March 2010, Blaes and his co-conspirator met online and became involved in a sexual relationship involving bondage, discipline, sadism, and masochism (BDSM), with Blaes as the “master.” The co-conspirator subsequently moved into Blaes’ home in Parkville. During this time, including in July 2011, Blaes used the Internet to contact other women and girls to recruit them into the BDSM lifestyle.
Acting Special Agent in Charge (A/SAC) Ricky Maxwell announces, on behalf of the Northwest Georgia Crimes Against Children Task Force, the following arrest:
Vikul Patel, 35 years of age, of Chattanooga, Tennessee, was arrested without incident yesterday afternoon, Sunday, September 2, 2012, in Rossville, Georgia, by the FBI-led Safe Child Task Force agents and officers after he traveled there to meet a minor child for purposes of having sex.
Patel, a doctor of internal medicine, came to the attention of law enforcement over the Internet when he began a series of “chats” with undercover agents/officers regarding his desire to have sex with a minor child.
Patel was transported and processed at the Walker County Detention Center on state charges of attempted child molestation and violation of the Computer Pornography Act.
Albany, NY
The Office of the United States Attorney for the District of Vermont stated that Matthew Jayne, 44, of Manchester Village, Vermont, was arrested yesterday on a charge of possession of child pornography. Yesterday, Jayne had an initial appearance on a criminal complaint charging him with committing that offense on August 30, 2012. Today, the Hon. John M. Conroy, United States Magistrate Judge, held a hearing on the government’s motion for pre-trial detention of Jayne. Judge Conroy denied the motion and released Jayne on conditions, including that he refrain from unsupervised contact with children and submit to monitoring of his computer use.
Court records indicate that Jayne downloaded and distributed child pornography using Internet file sharing software. Records further indicate that a forensic preview of Jayne’s laptop computer revealed dozens of images of child pornography. Jayne was arrested following the execution of a search warrant at his Manchester Village home on August 30, 2012.
Anchorage, AK
U.S. Attorney Karen L. Loeffler announced today that Sidney Lamar Greene, 41, was sentenced to 144 months in prison for attempted child sex trafficking and for conspiring to defraud the government. Greene was also ordered to pay $127,322.39 in restitution to the Internal Revenue Service and will serve 84 months of supervised release after completing his term of incarceration.
Co-defendant Keyana “Koko” Marshall was sentenced in November 2011, to 30 months in prison, to be followed by 36 months of supervised release, for conspiring to commit sex trafficking of children by force, fraud, and coercion. Co-defendant Rand Hooks was sentenced in February 2012 to 12 months in prison, to be followed by 36 months of supervised release, for promoting prostitution.
The case against Sabil Mumin Mujahid was dismissed in October 2011, in light of his 50-year combined sentence in two other federal cases, which related to him assaulting other prison inmates while being incarcerated for a weapons conviction.
In December 2009, these four defendants were indicted in a 41-count superseding indictment, which included charges of sex trafficking of children and women by force, promoting prostitution, possession of child pornography, sexual exploitation of a child, tampering with a victim, conspiring to defraud the government by filing false tax returns, and identity theft. Not all four defendants were named in each count.
Atlanta, GA
Special Agent in Charge (SAC) Brian D. Lamkin announces, on behalf of the Northwest Georgia Crimes Against Children Task Force, the following arrest:
Daniel Austin, 56 years old, of Acworth, Georgia, was arrested without incident this afternoon, Friday, August 31, 2012, in Ringgold, Georgia, by the FBI-led Safe Child Task Force agents and officers after he traveled there to meet a minor child for purposes of having sex.
Austin came to the attention of law enforcement over the Internet, wherein he began a series of “chats” with undercover agents/officers regarding his desire to have sex with a minor child.
Austin was transported and processed at the Catoosa County Detention Center on state charges of attempted child molestation and violation of the Computer Pornography Act.
Kangaroo Flat, Australia
A 38-year-old Kangaroo Flat man has been arrested and charged in an international child pornography sting.
Four children being exploited to produce pornography in the US were rescued as a result of the police crackdown in Victoria.
A four-week operation uncovered about 25,000 images and led to 21 arrests.
Biddeford, ME
A Maine pastor who works with the homeless has been charged by state police with possessing child pornography.
Pastor
James Napier is associated with New Beginnings Christian Mission in
Biddeford. He was arrested at his home in Alfred on Saturday on a charge
of possession of sexually explicit material.
Police
said a search of Napier's computer found more than 100 images of child
porn. The bail conditions for the 60-year-old Napier call for no contact
with anyone under the age of 18 and no Internet use.
Albuquerque, NM
This morning, a federal judge sentenced Jeffrey Neal Jackson to a 10-year term of imprisonment to be followed by 10 years of supervised release for his child sexual exploitation conviction. Jackson will be required to register as a sex offender after he completes his prison sentence.
Jackson, 44, was a military recruiter employed by the National Guard and stationed in Lubbock, Texas, when he was arrested on child sexual exploitation charges on November 28, 2011. He has been in federal custody since that time. On April 11, 2012, Jackson pled guilty to count one of a two-count indictment charging him with coercion and enticement of a minor. Under the terms of Jackson’s plea agreement, count two of the indictment—charging Jackson with travel with intent to engage in illicit sexual conduct—will be dismissed.
According to the indictment, between October 3, 2011 and October 24, 2011, Jackson used a computer and cellular phone to entice an individual whom he believed to be under 18 years of age to engage in sexual activity. Jackson then traveled from Texas to Curry County, New Mexico, for the purpose of engaging in sexual activity with a person whom he believed to be a 15-year-old girl.
Wichita, KS
A Topeka man has been sentenced to 72 months in federal prison for possessing and distributing child pornography, U.S. Attorney Barry Grissom said today.
Jacob Lee Grigsby, 22, Topeka, Kansas, pleaded guilty to one count of distributing child pornography and one count of possessing child pornography. At sentencing, prosecutors told the judge that in 2010 an FBI agent in Virginia used the Internet to download child pornography from Grigbsy’s computer. Grigbsy obtained the child pornography using Limewire, a peer-to-peer file sharing program. Investigators executed a search warrant at Grigsby’s home in Topeka. They found images of child pornography with victims as young as infants.
Buffalo, NY
U.S. Attorney William J. Hochul, Jr. announced today that Paul Hackett, 45, of Buffalo, New York, who was convicted of production of child pornography and possession of child pornography, was sentenced to 20 years in prison and lifetime supervised release by U.S. District Chief Judge William M. Skretny.
Assistant U.S. Attorney Aaron J. Mango, who handled the case, stated between October 1998 and August 2001, the defendant knowingly enticed and coerced a minor female victim to engage in sexually explicit conduct for the purpose of producing visual depictions of such conduct.
Specifically, while Hackett was using the victim to engage in sexually explicit conduct, he took approximately 16 Polaroid photographs of the victim. Those pictures were subsequently found in the defendant’s residence in October 2011 and depict the victim engaging in sexually explicit conduct. During the relevant time period, the victim ranged in age from 15 to 17 years old.
This case was brought as part of Project Safe Childhood, a nationwide initiative to combat the growing epidemic of child sexual exploitation and abuse launched in May 2006 by the Department of Justice. Led by United States Attorneys’ Offices and the Criminal Division’s Child Exploitation and Obscenity Section (CEOS), Project Safe Childhood marshals federal, state, and local resources to better locate, apprehend, and prosecute individuals who exploit children via the Internet, as well as to identify and rescue victims. For more information about Project Safe Childhood, please visit www.projectsafechildhood.gov.
Baltimore, MD
John Andrew Blaes, age 49, of Parkville, Maryland, pleaded guilty today to conspiracy to produce child pornography and to transporting a minor to engage in sexually explicit conduct.
The guilty plea was announced by United States Attorney for the District of Maryland Rod J. Rosenstein; Acting Special Agent in Charge Timothy P. Groh of the Federal Bureau of Investigation; Special Agent in Charge William Winter of U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement’s (ICE); Homeland Security Investigations (HSI); and Chief James W. Johnson of the Baltimore County Police Department.
According to the plea agreement, at some time prior to March 2010, Blaes and his co-conspirator met online and became involved in a sexual relationship involving bondage, discipline, sadism, and masochism (BDSM), with Blaes as the “master.” The co-conspirator subsequently moved into Blaes’ home in Parkville. During this time, including in July 2011, Blaes used the Internet to contact other women and girls to recruit them into the BDSM lifestyle.
Monday, September 3, 2012
Crimes against Children 9-3-12 Part II
Madison, WI
A Juneau County man has been bound over for trial on 20 counts of possession of child pornography.
Bradley Carver, of Necedah, waived his right to a preliminary hearing Thursday in Juneau County Circuit Court.
The charges resulted from an investigation by the Wood County Sheriff's Department into the use of "peer-to-peer" file sharing programs for distribution of child pornography.
According to the criminal complaint, a Wood County investigator was able to monitor traffic on the peer-to-peer software and saw files suspected to be child pornography distributed through an Internet protocol address that was later determined to be assigned to Carver.
Dry Ridge, KY
State police arrested two northern Kentucky men Thursday on child pornography charges.
Troopers said they executed search warrants at homes in Boone and Kenton counties, where they said they found pornographic images and videos stored on computers and other devices.
Bernard Jividen, 57, of Elsmere, Mark Rucker, 44, of Walton, were arrested and each charged with five counts of possession of child porn, which is punishable by up to five years on each count, if they're convicted.
Aurora, IL
A Juneau County man has been bound over for trial on 20 counts of possession of child pornography.
Bradley Carver, of Necedah, waived his right to a preliminary hearing Thursday in Juneau County Circuit Court.
The charges resulted from an investigation by the Wood County Sheriff's Department into the use of "peer-to-peer" file sharing programs for distribution of child pornography.
According to the criminal complaint, a Wood County investigator was able to monitor traffic on the peer-to-peer software and saw files suspected to be child pornography distributed through an Internet protocol address that was later determined to be assigned to Carver.
Dry Ridge, KY
State police arrested two northern Kentucky men Thursday on child pornography charges.
Troopers said they executed search warrants at homes in Boone and Kenton counties, where they said they found pornographic images and videos stored on computers and other devices.
Bernard Jividen, 57, of Elsmere, Mark Rucker, 44, of Walton, were arrested and each charged with five counts of possession of child porn, which is punishable by up to five years on each count, if they're convicted.
Aurora, IL
A
53-year-old Aurora man is free today on $200,000 bail following his
arrest Wednesday on a charge of aggravated possession of child
pornography.
Paul G. Williams was taken into custody at a car-rental business in Des Plaines after Aurora Police, working with the Will County State's Attorney's High-Tech Crimes Unit, executed a search warrant at his home on the 1900 block of Gardner Circle East.
Honolulu, HI
A British citizen was sentenced Friday to 30 years in prison for producing child pornography, announced Assistant Attorney General Lanny A. Breuer of the Criminal Division and U.S. Attorney for the District of Hawaii Florence T. Nakakuni.
Paul G. Williams was taken into custody at a car-rental business in Des Plaines after Aurora Police, working with the Will County State's Attorney's High-Tech Crimes Unit, executed a search warrant at his home on the 1900 block of Gardner Circle East.
Honolulu, HI
A British citizen was sentenced Friday to 30 years in prison for producing child pornography, announced Assistant Attorney General Lanny A. Breuer of the Criminal Division and U.S. Attorney for the District of Hawaii Florence T. Nakakuni.
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