Crimes against Children 7-30-12 Part II

Pittsburgh, PA
A resident of Mercer County, Pennsylvania, pleaded guilty in federal court to charges of production of material depicting the sexual exploitation of a minor, United States Attorney David J. Hickton announced today.

In connection with the guilty plea, the court was advised that on or about March 6, 2011, and June 12, 2011, in Mercer, Pennsylvania, Cruz used, persuaded, and coerced minors to engage in sexually explicit conduct for the purpose of producing a visual depiction of such conduct. Information presented to the court established that Cruz engaged in sexual conduct and/or had sexual contact with four minor children, three of whom had not attained the age of 12, for the purpose of producing video and still images of the sexual exploitation, which he then distributed to other men, to include one in Denver, Colorado, and one in San Diego, California. The plea agreement entered with the government requires that Cruz serve a 35-year term of imprisonment.

San Diego, CA
Daphne Hearn, Special Agent in Charge (SAC) of the San Diego FBI Office, announces the arrest of Daniel Anthony Nemanich of San Diego.

Nemanich was arrested by FBI agents assigned to the FBI’s Cyber Crime Squad.

According to the criminal complaint filed in this matter, Nemanich is charged with violating Title 18, United States Code (U.S.C.), Section 2252(a)(2), receipt of images of children engaged in sexually explicit conduct.

The FBI initiated an investigation into this matter earlier this year after receiving information from a security engineer with a local company. Based upon this information and additional investigation, the FBI obtained a search warrant for the residence of Daniel Anthony Nemanich.

On February 22, 2012, FBI agents served a federal search warrant at Daniel Anthony Nemanich’s residence. Seized during this search warrant were computers, external and internal hard drives, and other loose media and digital devices. Subsequent forensic analysis of the digital media seized from Nemanich’s residence revealed thousands of images and videos depicting minors engaging in sexually explicit conduct.