Albuquerque, NM
Federal authorities say they are looking for possible
victims of a New
Mexico man who authorities say talked about
raping and
cooking children
and is charged in a massive
child porn investigation.
Richard
Dates was ordered held Monday pending trial during a preliminary
hearing in U.S. District Court in Albuquerque. The 67-year-old was
charged last week with possessing
child pornography in a case that began
in Massachusetts with the arrest of a
Sheraton hotel manager.
Dates, who worked as a
Cibola Beacon reporter when he was arrested, also worked as a science
teacher at
Gallup McKinley County Schools from 2006 to 2011. In addition, Dates worked as a
tutor in the Chicago area in the 1980s.
Bethlehem, PA
A
Bethlehem man who had a video camera aimed at a school bus stop when
agents raided his apartment in November pleaded guilty to child
pornography charges in federal court Monday.
Thomas Syfor, 71, of
the 400 block of Carlton Avenue, admitted receiving images by email
depicting the sexual abuse of young boys and then sharing the photos
with a man he described to federal agents as his lover.
Syfor
pleaded guilty to one count each of receiving
child pornography and
aiding and abetting possession of
child pornography in a hearing before
U.S. District Judge James Knoll Gardner. The charges carry a maximum
penalty of 30 years in prison. Gardner scheduled Syfor's sentencing for
Feb. 22.
Also charged is
Matthew Ackerman, 49, who lived with
Syfor. Ackerman is scheduled to plead guilty Tuesday in federal court in
Allentown.
Both men also face charges stemming from a
child pornography sweep by federal officials in Virginia.
A 42-year-old man is facing child pornography charges after a probation officer found suspicious images on a computer.
York-Poquoson
Sheriff's Lt. Dennis Ivey Jr. said an investigation began Feb. 2 when a
probation
officer made an unannounced search of a motel room in York
County where
Jason L. Greenough was staying.
Ivey
said a
computer found in the room raised suspicions. After an
"
extensive investigation," he said York
investigators decided to file
charges against Greenough.
Deputies served arrest warrants on Greenough
Aug. 17, charging him with six counts of possession of
child pornography
first-offense.
Wichita, KS
A Wichita, Kan., man who enticed a
14-year-old Batavia girl into
sending him
naked pictures of herself through
text messages was
sentenced in Federal Court yesterday to more than 26 years in prison.
Shane M. McClelland, 26, Wichita, Kan., was convicted in a jury trial in May on one count of producing
child pornography.
During trial, prosecutors presented evidence that McCelland used the
Internet to strike up a
relationship with a
14-year-old girl in Batavia.
At McClelland’s request, the
girl sent
photographs of herself
naked to
McClelland. The mother of one of the girl’s friends became aware of what
happened and reported it to
police.
Westfield, MA
A 56-year-old Westfield man accepted a plea agreement in federal
court Tuesday to plead guilty to possession of
child pornography.
Richard Starr was charged Tuesday with a single count of possession
of
material involving the
sexual exploitation of a minor, according to
the office of United States Attorney Carmen Ortiz. Starr agreed to plead
guilty pursuant to a written plea agreement that was filed with the
court on Tuesday.
He faces up to 10 years in prison to be followed by supervised release of at least five years as well as a fine of $250,000.
The charge was the result of an
investigation that began four years
ago in January 2008 when the
FBI’s New England Division was alerted to
an
e-mail found on a
website that specializes in the producing and
selling
videos featuring
child pornography. The
e-mail, which traced
back to Starr’s personal
e-mail address, inquired about additional
videos featuring a
14-year-old girl, officials said.
Edmonton, Alberta, Canada
An Edmonton father who created and distributed
child pornography
involving his
infant daughter has been sentenced to 12 years in prison.
The
39-year-old, who cannot be identified to protect his
daughter’s
identity, began to
sexually assault his
daughter in 2008, when she was
three years old and
still in diapers. He
photographed and
videotaped the
sexual encounters over a period of
three years until he had a
library
of more than 200
images, many of which he shared on the
Internet with
other
viewers of
child pornography.
His crimes only stopped when he was arrested in September 2011.
KOTA Territory
A KOTA Territory judge threw the book at a 20 year old former
School of Mines Student found guilty of possessing
child pornography.
Vincent Taffe was sentenced to 180 days in prison and 10
years probation.
Taffe, plead guilty to one count of possessing
child pornography
in December and admitted to the judge that he
downloaded an
explicit video
involving
children.
His lengthy probation includes:
- Intensive
sex offender treatment
- A ban from using the
Internet or a
cell phone that has
Internet
- And no contact with
minors -among many other restrictions.
Tampa, FL
The international
child pornography investigation that led to the
arrest of a
Largo puppeteer last month has netted two more suspects
accused of being part of a network of
sadistic pedophiles.
Ronald William Brown, 57, had entertained Tampa-area
children with
his
puppets for years by the time he was arrested on federal charges of
conspiring to
kidnap a
child and possession of
child pornography.
Authorities said Brown collected
pornographic images of
children and
fantasized about
strangling,
dismembering,
cooking and
cannibalizing
children.
About a week after Brown's arrest, federal
Homeland Security
Investigations agents arrested
Geoffrey Portway, a Massachusetts man
they say communicated with Brown over the
Internet. Last week, they
arrested
Richard Dates of Grant, N.M, who is accused of communicating
with Portway.
Altogether,
authorities have arrested 46 suspects worldwide,
including 15 in the United States, as part of
Operation Holitna, named
for an Alaskan river with tendrils that curl off in numerous directions.
Authorities say they have
rescued more than 150
children victimized by
the network.
Bridgewater, MA
A Bridgewater man was charged Tuesday in federal court with possession of
child pornography, according to
The Enterprise.
Kevin J.
Balzarini, 36, was arrested and charged Tuesday in United States
District Court with one count of possession of
child pornography,
according to U.S. Attorney Carmen M. Ortiz and Richard DesLauriers,
special agent in charge of the
Federal Bureau of Investigation, Boston
Field Division.
According
to the criminal complaint affidavit, Balzarini shared an
image of a
4-
to 6-year-old girl in a
sexually explicit pose through a
peer-to-peer
file sharing network over the
internet with an undercover Massachusetts
State
Trooper on June 27.
Pittsfield, MA
A 22-year-old Pittsfield man already facing
charges of
raping children and forcing them to
pose nude for him is
facing additional charges of possession of
child pornography.
The Berkshire Eagle (
http://bit.ly/O2C2wF)
reports that
Robert Labarre, who was living in a tent in the woods
before his arrest, was arraigned on Tuesday in Berkshire Superior Court
on 14 charges, including two counts of
rape of a child with
force.
Authorities
say Labarre was supposed to take care of five children between the ages
of 5 and 9 while their parents were not home. Only the 5-year-old was
spared the alleged abuse.
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