Crimes against Children 11-27-13

Illinois man pleads guilty to child pornography

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

Two New York men indicted for sex trafficking of a minor

Army veteran formerly convicted of child porn found with weapons cache

Colorado man convicted of online enticement of a minor

Ohio man arrested for child sexual exploitation

Minneapolis couple charged with child abuse

Minnesota man charged with child pornography

Virginia man indicted for child pornography

Crimes against Children 10-18-13

Virginia woman sentenced for sex-trafficking of a 15-year-old girl

Georgia man arrested for conspiracy to kidnap a child

Two California men plead guilty to assaulting African-American youths

Connecticut man given time for sex trafficking of a minor

Indiana State Police Tropper arrested for sex with a minor

Indiana man arrested for child porn

Indiana man attempts to lure girls with cash, then exposes himself

Federal contractor pleads guilty to distributing child pornography

Minnesota woman pleads guilty to assaulting a minor

Minnesota man charged with sexual contact with a minor

Crimes against Children 10-7-13

New Mexico man sentenced for child sexual abuse

New York man sentenced for child pornography

Minnesota man pleads guilty to child porn

Fort Polk man pleads guilty to sexually abusing a 13-year old girl

Ohio man sentenced for child pornography offenses

Texas man sentenced for transporting a minor for the purposes of having sex

Florida man charged with receiving child porn over the Internet

Crimes against Children 8-4-13

New York man tries to obtain child pornography

Missouri man sentenced for child porn

Connecticut man sentenced for sex trafficking of a minor

Maryland man produces child pornography, pleads guilty

New Mexico man downloads child porn, pleads guilty

Connecticutt man places a fake bomb in front of a middle school

New Mexico man pleads guilty to a charge of child sexual abuse

Virginia man sentenced for travelling across state lines to have sex with a minor

Maryland man transports child porn, gets prison time

Kansas man chared for sex trafficking of a child

Virginia man produces child pornography, pleads guilty

Michigan man sentenced for child pornography

Crimes against Children 1-31-13

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

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

Hogsett announces child porn charges

Virginia Man Pleads Guilty to Distribution of Child Pornography - Washington

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

Crimes against Children 1-30-13

Tonawanda Man Sentenced for Possession of Child Pornography - Buffalo

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

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

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

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

Crimes against Children 1-26-13

Sex offender sentenced for possessing child porn - SFGate US

NM couple arraigned in child pornography case - SFGate US

68-year-old Gretna man booked with possession of child pornography - nola

Yeshiva teacher charged with kiddie porn possession, sex with 14-year-old boy - New York Daily News

5 arrested on child porn charges - TheIndyChannel.com

Logan Man Accused Of Possessing Child Pornography - NBC 4i

R Kelly - Part 1 - About

Child porn on the rise in Russia - UPI

Two Newport News brothers plead guilty to federal child porn charges - Daily Press

Former Seton Hill professor to plead in porn case - The Pittsburgh Channel

Crimes against Children 10-11-12 Part II

Mansfield, MA
Last week, US Attorney Carmen Ortiz's Office announced the arrest of 45-year-old Gerald Deneault of  575 North Main Street, Mansfield for receipt of child pornography. According to a release from the US Attorney's Office, Deneault, a Level 2 sex offender, had been previously convicted of indecent assault and battery on a child under the age of 14.

Deneault was arrested at his Mansfield home last Wednesday morning. It is alleged that Deneault received child pornography from a Canadian company on several occasions between June 2008 and February 2011.

While searching his home, federal authorities seized evidence including computers and DVDs. Members of the newly formed Cape Cod Computer Crime Unit were at Deneault's home during the seizure of evidence. The unit will assist federal authorities with the forensic examination of the evidence.

Gambrills, MD

A 25-year-old Gambrills man was sentenced Tuesday to eight years in prison for possession of child pornography, including images depicting "sadistic and violent conduct" toward children, according to prosecutors.

Robert Jay Hudson II, who pleaded guilty to the charge in July, will also have to serve 40 years of supervised release after his incarceration and be registered as a sex offender wherever he lives, works or attends school, the office of Maryland U.S. Attorney Rod J. Rosenstein said.

Frankfort, KY
A Frankfort man was arrested Tuesday for possession of child pornography after investigators found roughly 3,000 suspected child pornographic images and videos at his home, Attorney General Jack Conway announced Wednesday.

Investigators from Conway's Cybercrimes Unit arrested Edward L. Lewis, 45, on four counts of possession of matter portraying a sexual performance by a minor, a Class D felony, according to a news release.

Jackson, MS
An employee at the Mississippi State Fair was arrested after deputies said he had child pornography on his phone, the Hinds County Sheriff's Department said.

The management of the Penn's booth at the fairgrounds called the Sheriff's Department about 1 p.m. Tuesday and turned over a phone that contained a video of a young girl having sex with a grown man, along with other pornographic pictures involving underage subjects, investigators said. It was not known how the employee got the phone.

Investigators determined that the phone belonged to 33-year-old Christopher A. Gadvilus, of Illinois, Capt. Joseph Daughtry said.

When a deputy made contact with Gadvilus, he asked if he had lost his phone. Gadvilus said yes, and he was then arrested and charged with possession of child pornography, the Sheriff's Department said.

Parsippany, NJ
A 39-year-old unemployed man from the Lake Hiawatha section of Parsippany-Troy Hills was arraigned today in federal court after being charged with possessing more than 46,000 images of child sexual abuse on his computer and other electronic devices, including 983 images that involved infants or toddlers and 783 images involving sadomasochistic abuse, authorities said.

In addition to being arraigned on one count of possession of child pornography, the defendant, Khalil Survey, was also arraigned on a count of distributing child pornography, said U.S. Attorney Paul Fishman.

Bethlehem Township, PA
A Bethlehem Township man who tried to run from child pornography charges by fleeing to his native India pleaded guilty in federal court Thursday.

Niyaz Sainudeen, 42, admitted to receiving, distributing and possessing child pornography in a hearing before U.S. District Judge James Knoll Gardner. The crimes carry a mandatory sentence of five years in prison.

According to court documents, federal agents found hundreds of images and dozens of videos depicting the sexual abuse of children on Sainudeen's computer during a March 8 search of his home in the 4100 block of Ross Road.

Pahoa, HI
The FBI says 56-year-old John Tucker of Pahoa was arrested Wednesday night for production and distribution of child pornography.

This comes after Big Island police conducted a search at the Hale Makamae Bed & Breakfast in Leilani Estates.

On Tuesday, the FBI circulated a photo in connection with the child exploitation case to identify the man in a series of pictures.

A picture of the owner of the bed and breakfast on the business' website closely resembles the picture circulated by the FBI.

Grapevine, TX
The Grapevine police officer who was arrested Tuesday on child pornography charges is the single father of a child, officials confirmed Wednesday.

Sgt. Philip Woolery, 46 is accused of purchasing sexually explicit DVDs over the Internet and having them mailed to his home in Crowley.

Child Protective Services spokeswoman Marissa Gonzales said the agency has taken custody of Woolery's child and is trying to place the child with relatives.

"We would definitely interview the child and try to confirm that there was no abuse in the home," Gonzales said.

A 17-year veteran of the Grapevine Police Department, Woolery was arrested on suspicion of receiving explicit material in the mail that contained "lewd and lascivious depictions of minors."

Read more here: http://www.star-telegram.com/2012/10/10/4326846/grapevine-police-officer-arrested.html#storylink=cpy

Crimes against Children 10-11-12

Mansfield, MA
A Level II sex offender from Mansfield has been charged with receiving child pornography as part of the same investigation that resulted in the arrest of a Children’s Hospital doctor last month.

According to Wicked Local Mansfield, Gerald Deneault, 45, was arrested at his 575 North Main St. home on Oct. 3.

During a warrant search of his residence, federal officers seized evidence on computers, videos and DVDs that Deneault received child pornography four times over a three-year period, U.S. Attorney Carmen M. Ortiz and Kevin Niland, of the United States Postal Inspection Service, said.

Joliet, IL
A Troy Township Democratic official was charged with setting up a sex date with a 15-year-old boy and federal agents searched her house on suspicion she has been producing child pornography videos, police said.
Margarita Hernandez, 32, of 6901 Monmouth Drive on Joliet's far west side, was arrested about 3 p.m. Thursday and taken to the Will County jail on a warrant charging her with two counts of aggravated criminal sexual abuse.

Hernandez had sex with a 15-year-old Chicago boy during a prearranged July meeting at her home, police said.

The Woodlands, TX

Montgomery County Precinct 3 deputy constables said they arrested a The Woodlands man on Saturday on charges of possession of child pornography.

Investigators took Andrew Lyon Robinson, an employee of Saudi Aramco, into custody at Bush Intercontinental Airport Saturday when he returned home from Saudi Arabia.

Deputy constables said they searched Robinson's residence Friday and found numerous videos of children engaged in sexual acts.

Faribault, MN

A former drama teacher at Shattuck-St. Mary's School is accused of sexually assaulting at least six former students during his decade-long tenure at the prestigious private college preparatory school in Faribault, Minn.

On Monday, Oct. 8, the Minnesota Bureau of Criminal Apprehension outlined 17 counts of criminal sexual conduct against Lynn Seibel, 70, involving six former male students, who are now 28 to 30 years old.

The allegations, which came to light in June when a former student disclosed them to authorities, detail incidents taking place from 1999 to 2003, when most of the students were ages 16 to 18. 


SFGate

Max Budziak had a traumatic childhood in Nazi-occupied Ukraine, but went on to become a U.S. naval airman in Vietnam, then worked 37 years as an AT&T engineer and a postal carrier before retiring. Somewhere along the way, his lawyers said, he developed obsessive-compulsive disorder, which led him to compulsively collect many things in his San Jose home — including child pornography.

Budziak is now serving a five-year sentence in federal prison after being convicted of distributing sexually explicit images and videos that FBI agents found on his computer in 2007. On Friday, the Ninth U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals examined his case and delivered a mixed verdict: There was enough evidence for a jury to find him guilty, but the trial judge should consider additional evidence that was withheld and decide whether to order a new trial.

Columbia, MO

A 53-year-old Columbia man was sentenced to supervised probation for admitting to possessing child pornography that was found on a computer during maintenance at a repair shop.

Joseph L. Clark pleaded guilty to possession of child pornography and was sentenced to five years in prison. Circuit Judge Jodie Asel suspended the execution of the sentence in favor of five years of supervised probation. Clark could be ordered to serve the prison sentence if he violates the conditions of his probation.

The Boone County Sheriff's Department Cyber Crimes Task Force in March 2011 was notified by a local computer repair shop that its workers found child pornography on Clark's machine, police said. The task force seized the computer. A large quantity of child pornography was found on the computer, depicting children believed to be as young as 4 to 7 years old.

Wilton, NC
A Wilton man is accused of downloading child pornography on a work computer while employed as the deputy chairman of the criminal justice program at United Tribes Technical College in Bismarck.

A warrant has been issued for the arrest of Richard Cutting, 58, on a felony charge that carries a maximum punishment of five years in prison.


Cutting was fired at UTTC in early September. Two employees later reported finding inappropriate photographs on a computer Cutting had used.

Catasauqua, PA
A former principal at three area high schools was hauled off to jail Tuesday for distributing child pornography.

Bruce L. Krasley, 62, of Allentown was sentenced to three to 23 months in jail by Lehigh County Judge Kelly L. Banach. The judge is allowing Krasley to enter the county's work-release program so he can perform his mandated 300 hours of community work service and undergo treatment for what his attorney called "an addiction" to child porn.

The county's probation department recommended house arrest, but Banach said she wanted to send a message that the exploitation of children cannot be tolerated, especially from a man who was supposed to be a role model.

"I'm particularly offended that a person in your position would take comfort in some way in the viewing of child pornography," Banach said.

"This is not a victimless crime," Banach continued. "This is a crime involving the exploitation of children."

Portland, ME
Prosecutors said Tuesday that markers indicating child pornography were found on a hard drive seized from the Thomaston home of Mark Strong Sr., who allegedly ran a prostitution operation in Kennebunk.

In Cumberland County Superior Court Tuesday, Strong and his alleged partner in the prostitution operation, former Zumba teacher Alexis Wright, pleaded not guilty on more than 150 counts combined.

Following their arraignments, Justice Nancy Mills addressed a motion for a protective order filed by the state that would effectively seal all materials in the case and prohibit attorneys or prosecutors from discussing the case. Mills pushed Deputy District Attorney Justina McGettigan on a piece of evidence McGettigan said prosecutors had but would not be turning over to attorneys for Strong and Wright with discovery materials.

St. Paul, MN

Prosecutors who charged a local priest with child sex abuse now allege he also possessed child pornography.

The Ramsey County attorney's office charged Curtis Carl Wehmeyer, a priest formerly assigned to Blessed Sacrament Church on the East Side of St. Paul, with 17 counts of possession of child porn.
Wehmeyer, 48, of Oakdale, will make his first court appearance on both sets of charges Wednesday, Oct. 10.

In the criminal complaint filed Tuesday in Ramsey County District Court, prosecutors alleged the following:
During the investigation of the alleged sexual abuse, two boys reported that Wehmeyer showed them pornography on a laptop computer. This would happen before and during the molestation, they said. 

Crimes against Children 10-10-12

Milford, CT
David B. Fein, United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, announced that Rolan Sosa, 36, of Milford, waived his right to indictment and pleaded guilty today before United States District Judge Vanessa L. Bryant in Hartford to one count of receipt of child pornography.

According to court documents and statements made in court, on November 16, 2011, detectives assigned to the Connecticut Computer Crimes Task Force in New Haven logged into a publicly available Internet file sharing program and downloaded 14 images of child pornography from a shared directory maintained by Sosa.

On December 15, 2011, Sosa was arrested at his residence in Milford. On that date, law enforcement agents also seized Sosa’s laptop computer. Subsequent analysis of the seized computer revealed 110 images and 134 video files of child pornography. Included in his collection of child pornography were images of children under the age of 12 engaged in sexually explicit conduct. Forensic review also revealed that Sosa distributed child pornography images and videos through the file sharing program located on his computer.

Clarksburg, WV
United States Attorney William J. Ihlenfeld announced that CARISSA HADS, age 25, of Quincy, Massachusetts, entered a plea of guilty on October 10, 2012, in United States District Court in Clarksburg before Magistrate Judge John S. Kaull.

HADS entered a plea of guilty to traveling in interstate commerce with the intent to engage in illicit sexual conduct on February 23, 2012, when HADS traveled from Massachusetts to North Central West Virginia to have sex with a minor. Court documents indicate that HADS posed as an 18-year old man on a social media website and also took steps to change her appearance in order to deceive the victim as to her true identity. HADS met the alleged victim online in 2010 and the two communicated for over a year before the first in-person meeting took place. HADS traveled at least three times from Massachusetts to visit the alleged victim, and was arrested at the Pittsburgh International Airport by FBI agents on May 25, 2012, on one of her visits to the area.