Albuquerque, NM
This morning in Albuquerque federal court, Kenneth Mike Etsitty, 58,
an enrolled member of the Navajo Nation who resides in Tse-Yah-Toh, New
Mexico, pled guilty to an information charging him with three counts of
aggravated sexual abuse of a child under the age of 12.
U.S. Attorney Kenneth J. Gonzales said that, under the terms of the
plea agreement, Etsitty will be sentenced to 18 years of imprisonment to
be followed a supervised release term to be determined by the court.
Etsitty also will be required to register as a sex offender. Etsitty
remains in federal custody pending his sentencing hearing, which has yet
to be scheduled.
Etsitty was charged with aggravated sexual abuse in a criminal
complaint filed on May 14, 2012. He was arrested the following day and
has been in federal custody since that time.
According to the criminal complaint, the FBI initiated a criminal
investigation into Etsitty in February 21, 2012, after a 9-year-old
Navajo child disclosed that Etsitty had sexually assaulted her more than
10 times by penetrating her vagina with his finger. Thereafter, during a
voluntary interview, Etsitty admitted sexually assaulting the child
victim on approximately 10 occasions from the time she was 4 years old
and until November 2011 by digitally penetrating her vagina.
Albuquerque, NM
This morning in federal court, Justin Gray, 33, of Ruidoso, New
Mexico, was sentenced to a 22-year term of imprisonment to be followed
by a lifetime of supervised release for his receipt of child pornography
conviction, announced U.S. Attorney Kenneth J. Gonzales. Gray also will
be required to register as a sex offender.
Gray was indicted on July 13, 2011, in a six-count indictment
charging him with three counts of distribution and attempted
distribution of visual depictions of minors engaged in sexually explicit
conduct; one count of receipt of visual depiction of a minor engaged in
sexually explicit conduct; and two counts of possession of matter
containing visual depictions of minors engaged in sexually explicit
conduct. According to the indictment, Gray distributed child pornography
in October 2010, November 2010, and February 2011; received child
pornography in September 2010; and possessed child pornography in March
2011. Gray was arrested on September 12, 2011, and has been in federal
custody since that time.
Minneapolis, MN
United States Attorney Brendan V. Johnson announced that Tyrel
DeMarrias, a/k/a Tyrell DeMarrias, age 24, of Wakpala, appeared before
United States District Judge Charles B. Kornmann on October 16, 2012,
and pled guilty to an indictment that charged him with sexual assault of
a minor. The maximum penalty upon conviction is 15 years in custody, a
$250,000 fine, or both.
The conviction arose from the sexual assault of a minor victim in
Wakpala, South Dakota, in September 2011. The investigation was
conducted by the Federal Bureau of Investigation and the Bureau of
Indian Affairs-Standing Rock Agency. The case is being prosecuted by
Assistant United States Attorney Mikal Hanson.
Spokane, WA
Today, Michael C. Ormsby, United States Attorney for the Eastern
District of Washington, announced that LaShuan Roman Nose, age 33, of
Elk City, Oklahoma, was sentenced after having been convicted by a jury
of assault resulting in substantial bodily injury in connection with the
abuse of a toddler. Senior District Court Judge Edward F. Shea imposed
the statutory maximum sentence of five years’ imprisonment, to be
followed by three years of court supervision upon release from prison.
Tampa, FL
A Tampa man faces 50 counts of child pornography possession after he was
spotted looking at pictures on the sidewalk of a strip mall, police
said.
Benjamin Ashauer, 29, was at the Terrace Collections on East Busch Boulevard in Tampa when a shopper saw what was on his laptop.
Police were called, and they inspected his computer.
Police said they found several pictures of child porn.
Noblesville, IN
Samuel Barnette, 42, Noblesville, faces as many as 20 years in
federal prison if he is convicted of charges of distributing child
pornography.
Barnette, a former custodian
at Promise Road Elementary School, was charged Thursday and if
convicted, also could be levied a $250,000 fine and placed on supervised
release for life after he completes any prison term.
Ft. Lauderdale, FL
A lost cell phone on a public transit bus landed a Deerfield Beach man behind bars charged with possession of child pornography.
Last August, someone turned in a black and blue Samsung cell phone To
the Broward Sheriff’s Office which they said they found on a county bus
seat in Pompano Beach. The person said when they looked through the
phone’s contents they found a number of images of child pornography.
The phone was turned over to the Detective Jennifer Montgomery, a
member of the Internet Crimes Against Child Task Force. A forensic check
of the phone’s contents found 463 saved images in the Media/Images
Download Folder. A majority of the images, according to the forensic
report, depicted nude girls between the ages of three and 12 displaying
their genitals or performing sex acts.
Reno, NV
A 26-year-old who had more than 2,000 child pornography videos and
images and who said his favorite show was “SpongeBob SquarePants” was
sentenced Thursday to more than seven years in federal prison.
In
a teary plea, David Gonzalez of Reno asked the judge to give him the
minimum sentence of five years in prison because he was frequently
sexually abused as a child by a relative and a family friend, and was
beaten by his mother on a constant basis.
Gonzalez
pleaded guilty to receipt of child pornography after he was caught
sharing the illicit images last year by detectives in the Internet
Crimes Against Children Task Force.
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Friday, October 19, 2012
Crimes against Children 10-19-12 Part II
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