Crimes against Children 2-22-14

Oklahoma man guilty of possessing materials depicting sexual exploitation of minors

School employee charged with taping sexual abuse of children

Illinois man sentenced for child pornography

FBI targets child predators, several arrested

Virginia man arrested on child porn charges

Pennsylvania man pleads guilty to child pornography

Alabama woman sentenced for kidnapping

Navajo man arrested for sexually assaulting a minor at a Boys and Girls Club 

Two Texas men sentenced for making child porn of young relatives

Child Abduction Digest 10-14-12

Hackensack, NJ
Several attempted kidnappings, that police are describing as "luring away" incidents, have occurred in Northern New Jersey. According to ABC News, on October 12, 2012, there have been four reports of a suspicious male attempting to lure children into his car.

Just Friday morning in Hackensack, a man approached an 11-year-old boy as he walked to school.

Investigators say the man told the boy to get in his car but the boy ran. Another incident occurred where a male approached an 8th grade girl.

On Tuesday in Oradell a 7-year-old girl was approached in her front yard and on Saturday in Maywood, an 8-year-old girl, in her grandparent's front yard, says an older man offered to take her to look at puppies.

The most recent incident occurred in Passaic County, N.J. in Hawthorne just miles away from the locations originally targeted.

Cody, WY
The FBI has released a composite sketch of a man they say lured a young girl into his SUV on Monday and sexually assaulted her.

The girl has been reunited with her family, but the suspect remains on the loose. He is considered armed and dangerous.

Authorities say he approached the young girl at the Park County Complex in Cody on Oct. 8. He told her he was looking for his lost puppy. She got into the man's white SUV, possibly a 2004-2005 Toyota SR-5 4-Runner.

The girl was found several hours later by a group of hunters in a rural area.

Arvada, CO
Late Friday, authorities announced the dismembered body found in an Arvada, Colo. park this week is that of Jessica Ridgeway. They are now focused on apprehending the man who murdered her amid the recent abduction attempts of children in the area.

“Our focus has changed from the search for Jessica to a mission of justice for Jessica,” said Westminster Police Chief Lee Birk during a news conference. “We realize there is a predator at large in our community.”

View slideshow: Photos of Missing Colorado Girl Jessica Ridgeway

According to The Daily Beast, three abduction attempts have taken place in the last month in the Arvada area. Two abductions that involved a white male with brown hair who was driving a blue sedan took place in the Arvada area on Sept. 9 and Sept. 12. Each time the man tried to lure children into his vehicle using candy. On Oct. 4, only a day before Jessica’s disappearance, two young girls reported a man in a white van followed them with his vehicle as they walked home from school. The van was reportedly seen in the area the morning Jessica vanished.

Arvada, CO
The search for missing Colorado 10-year-old Jessica Ridgeway took a tragic turn today when police identified a dismembered body found in a park just miles from her home as that of the fifth-grader.

The death marked the end of a massive search involving hundreds of state, local and federal authorities that began one week ago when she vanished during a two-block walk to a park to meet friends.

Tooele, UT
Police are warning residents to be careful and use common sense following three reports this month of attempted abductions and suspicious people.

Investigators do not believe the incidents are related, and in none of the cases was a child actually taken or anyone hurt, said Tooele Police Lt. Paul Wimmer. One of the incidents, however, did prompt the principal at East Elementary School to send a letter home to parents cautioning them about a suspicious man.

On Oct. 3, a man was spotted at Elton Park wearing only underwear. The  man was reportedly in a vehicle, got out to walk around the car, and then got back in. At no time did he approach a student, Wimmer said. But because many of the children walk by or through that park on their way to and from school, a letter was sent home to the parents.

Canton, OH
Police said Friday they are investigating a possible abduction after a witness described a screaming young woman or teen being dragged into a car.

Detective Shawn Gaddis said the incident happened shortly after 3 p.m. Thursday along N.C. 215 on a bridge over the Pigeon River in Canton.




A witness standing about 100 yards away described seeing a burgundy or red car with a spoiler stopped on the bridge and a man and young woman or teen outside the vehicle.



“She heard a female screaming, ‘Help!’” Gaddis said. “She said the female was screaming really loud.”

Waterloo, IA
Eastern Iowa parents are on alert following news of two reported attempted child abductions in two days. Police say the first incident happened Wednesday in Waterloo, when a black man between the ages of 50-60 stopped a girl walking home from school and asked her if she wanted a ride. The second incident happened Thursday afternoon in Cedar Falls. Police report a white man with red hair pulled up next to a boy, and asked him if he wanted a ride and chocolate.

In light of what happened nearly three months ago in Evansdale, area parents are taking these reports seriously and using the opportunity to talk to their children about strangers.

Cedar Falls, IA
A boy said a man in a white van approached him as he rode his bike home from school Thursday, KWWL reported Thursday night.

Cedar Falls police said the incident happened around 3:50 p.m. near Lincoln Elementary, at the corner of 10th Street and Tremont Street. The boy said the man asked if he needed a ride and wanted chocolate. The boy rode away and the van left.

The man is described as white, in his 20s, with a red beard, wearing a black baseball cap. The vehicle was described as a large white van with black on the front and a large rear window.

The incident was the second abduction report in the Cedar Valley in as many days.

Crimes against Children 10-13-12

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.

Crimes against Children 10-12-12

Kyoto, Japan
It was a shocking find: crudely made DVDs with images of grown men having sex with children as young as 12. Until this year, the men who bought those images faced little more than a slap on the wrist. But police in Kyoto, Japan's ancient capital, decided for the first time during the summer to pursue criminal charges against three male customers in a country widely seen as much too lenient on child pornography.


The police campaign is largely the work of Kyoto's prefectural Governor, Keiji Yamada. During his fight for office two years ago, Mr Yamada pledged to roll out an ordinance banning the buying and possession of child porn – still legal under Japanese law, unless there is proven intent to sell or distribute. Even if the makers are arrested, the images circulate for years on the internet and in secondary markets.

Rapid City, ND

A Rapid City man has been sentenced to five years in prison suspended for one count of possession of child pornography.

29-year old Matthew Brandner will spend 180 days in the Pennington County Jail and be on probation for 5 years. 7th Circuit Court Judge Pfeifle says because Brandner has a low risk of re-offence, he sees no need for a penitentiary sentence.

Jonesboro, AR
Police have charged 37-year-old, Caleb Albrecht with two counts of engaging children and sexually explicit conduct for use in a visual or print medium.

The investigation is still going and police are concerned there may be more victims.

"Well I received a call on October 8th 2012 from a juvenile female on allegations of inappropriate photographs that was taken of the female child", said Rose.

The young woman claimed Albrecht took inappropriate pictures.

"As the investigation continued a search warrant was obtained for the suspect Caleb W Albrecht residence."

Police confiscated evidence from Albrecht's home including a desktop computer, laptop, digital camera, external hard drive and a cell phone.

Charlotte, NC
A Stanley man faces child pornography charges after authorities said they found inappropriate images and video of children at a Lincoln County home.

Sebastian Alexander Morris, 26, is charged with four counts of felony second-degree exploitation of a minor, according to the Lincoln County Sheriff’s Office.

Lincoln officials said the arrest follows an investigation launched earlier this month when an undercover FBI agent reported receiving pornographic materials over the internet from Morris. The
A Stanley man faces child pornography charges after authorities said they found inappropriate images and video of children at a Lincoln County home.

Sebastian Alexander Morris, 26, is charged with four counts of felony second-degree exploitation of a minor, according to the Lincoln County Sheriff’s Office.

Lincoln officials said the arrest follows an investigation launched earlier this month when an undercover FBI agent reported receiving pornographic materials over the internet from Morris. The FBI asked the sheriff’s office to investigate the situation further.

Houston, TX

A school district employee is facing child pornography charges.

Henry Hauffe, 63, has been charged with possession of child pornography.

Harris County sheriff's deputies said Hauffe made computer files containing explicit images of young girls available to others online.

Deputies said they seized several electronic items from his home and found images and videos of child pornography.

Investigators said they interviewed Hauffe and he admitted that he looked at the images and videos but said he didn't think he had done anything wrong.

Honolulu, HI
A Pahoa bed and breakfast owner suspected of producing and distributing child pornography was charged and made an appearance in federal court on Thursday.

FBI agents raided the Hale Makamae Bed & Breakfast late Wednesday night.  Inside, they recovered a computer believed to have pornographic images of children engaging in sexual acts with John Tucker of Pahoa.

According to court documents, the FBI initiated its investigation when the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children received pornographic images of a man and two minors.

Rapid City, ND
He was asked to house sit but what he watched instead on the family's computer now has him facing 10 years in prison

Nikolus Smith, 31, of Rapid City is accused of downloading images of child pornography, while house-sitting for a local family in June.

Prosecutors say the family had a young child in the home who was around the age of the kids depicted in the videos, but there's no proof Smith had any interaction with her.

He pleaded guilty to one count of possessing, manufacturing or distributing child pornography and faces ten years in prison if convicted.

Read more here: http://www.charlotteobserver.com/2012/10/12/3593623/stanley-man-arrested-on-child.html#storylink=rss#storylink=cpy

Read more here: http://www.charlotteobserver.com/2012/10/12/3593623/stanley-man-arrested-on-child.html#storylink=rss#storylink=cpy

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 10-6-12

Boston, MA
After pleading guilty to child pornography charges, a former Groton, Massachusetts man was sentenced to time served, six days in federal prison. The defendant, Steven Saunders, 28, of Chula Vista, Calif., admitted to wanting to have children in order to engage in sexual activity with them, as well as have the children engage in sexual contact with each other.

On October 1, 2012, U.S. District Court Judge Douglas P. Woodlock sentenced Saunders to time served, six days in prison, followed by 10 years of supervised release on possession of child pornography charges. The government recommended 51 months in prison to be followed by a lifetime of supervised release.

According to the agreed-upon statement of facts, Saunders possessed images of child pornography, including images of naked minors being penetrated in some fashion or having a sexual act performed on them. In addition, Saunders admitted that he maintained an online relationship with someone with whom he chatted about having children together and having the children engage in sexual activity with the parents themselves, as well as having the children engage in sexual contact with each other.

Jacksonville, FL
United States Attorney Robert E. O’Neill announced today that Kamil Mezalka (21, Palm Coast) pleaded guilty to a federal charge of receiving child pornography over the Internet. Mezalka faces a mandatory minimum sentence of five years and up to 20 years in federal prison, a $250,000 fine, and a potential life term of supervised release. The plea agreement also requires Mezalka to forfeit his computers and other digital media. His sentencing date has not yet been set.

According to court documents, on March 15, 2012, an agent with the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI), in Philadelphia began an undercover Internet investigation to identify persons using a file sharing program to obtain and share child pornography. Using a computer, the agent logged into this file sharing program and observed that an individual using a particular screen name was logged into the network. The agent browsed the user’s shared directory and observed that over 4,000 files were being shared therein, many of which contained titles and descriptions of child pornography and the sexual abuse of children. The investigation revealed that during the timeframe of the download sessions, the IP address being used was issued to an account registered to an individual at a particular residence in Palm Coast, Florida. Subsequent investigation revealed that Mezalka was an occupant of this residence.

Erie, PA
A resident of Erie, Pennsylvania pleaded guilty in federal court to charges of violating federal laws relating to the sexual exploitation of children, United States Attorney David J. Hickton announced today.

Michael Vay Daratany, 35, of 2301 Loveland Avenue, Erie, Pennsylvania, pleaded guilty to two counts before United States District Judge Sean J. McLaughlin.

In connection with the guilty plea, the court was advised that Daratany distributed and possessed computer images and movies depicting minors engaging in sexually explicit conduct. Many of the images and movies found on Daratany’s computer equipment depicted the sexual abuse of infants and toddlers.

Houston, TX
The last three defendants charged in Operation Total Exposure have been convicted, United States Attorney Kenneth Magidson announced today. Operation Total Exposure was the single largest domestic sex trafficking case in the history of the Southern District of Texas. At least one minor was rescued during the course of the investigation and other minors and several adults have been returned to their families.

Today, John Butler, 52, of Houston; Jamine Lake, 30, of Houston; and Ronnie Presley, 38, formerly of Houston, entered their guilty pleas before U.S. District Judge Lynn Hughes. All were convicted of conspiracy to commit sex trafficking. Butler and Lake further admitted to one count of transportation, while Presley was convicted on two of those counts. Lake and Presley were also convicted of one and two counts of coercion and enticement, respectively.

El Paso, TX
United States Attorney Robert Pitman and FBI Special Agent in Charge Mark Morgan announced that 46-year-old Joe Tapia, III, of El Paso, faces a minimum mandatory 15 years and up to 30 years in federal prison after pleading guilty earlier today to solicitation of material relating to the sexual exploitation of children.

Appearing before United States District Judge Frank Montalvo, the former Excel Learning Center (ELC) admissions service representative and local church youth minister admitted that he had images of child pornography as well as a sexually explicit instant messenger chat with a 16-year-old male on his work computer. Furthermore, Tapia admitted that he recorded video and still images of two individuals while they were changing clothes prior to a church performance and used those recordings to solicit other images of child pornography.

New Orleans, LA
Jason Long, age 35, of Norco, Louisiana, was charged in a one-count bill of information for the sexual exploitation of children, announced United States Attorney Jim Letten.

On March 1, 2011, a federal grand jury returned a two-count indictment charging Long with receipt of child pornography. Long pled guilty on April 25, 2012, to charges within the indictment, specifically receiving images depicting the sexual victimization of children. According to the plea documents, Long used his computers to access the Internet. Once able to access the Internet, Long used peer-to-peer file sharing programs to download approximately 232 pictures and 169 videos of children victimized. Evidence demonstrated that Long searched for images depicting minors engaged in specific types of conduct to download. The images Long searched for and ultimately downloaded were of children as young as 6 years old. As to these charges, Long faces a maximum penalty of 20 years, followed by up to a life term of supervised release, and a $250,000 fine. He can also be required to register as a sex offender. Sentencing has been scheduled for October 10, 2012, at 9:00 a.m., before the Honorable Helen G. Berrigan.

Fresno, CA
On Wednesday, October 3, 2012, after a two-day trial in Fresno, a jury found Eric Paul Vallejos, 38, of Modesto, guilty of receiving child pornography, United States Attorney Benjamin B. Wagner announced.

Evidence introduced at trial showed that in September and October 2010, Vallejos made many files of child pornography available for sharing on an Internet file-sharing website. Law enforcement officers served a search warrant at his residence and seized a computer. At the time it was seized, the computer was in the process of downloading numerous images, including several that depicted the sexual abuse of prepubescent minors.

Baltimore, MD
Terrance Dion Robinson, age 39, of Baltimore, Maryland, pleaded guilty today to eight counts of sexually exploiting minors to produce child pornography. Robinson had two previous convictions in Montgomery County, Maryland, for crimes involving the sexual abuse of children.

According to the plea agreement, between 2007 and 2010, Robinson produced images and videos of two prepubescent minors engaged in sexually explicit conduct, while Robinson was alone with the victims. Additionally, Robinson used a publicly available file sharing program to download images and videos of child pornography from the Internet. Robinson saved the images and videos to his laptop computer, external hard drive, and to other digital media.

Alexandria, VA
Jonathan Adonay Fuentes, aka “Cheesy” and “Crazy Boy,” 20, of Prince George’s County, Maryland, was arrested yesterday for his alleged role in a child sex trafficking ring run by the international street gang Mara Salvatrucha 13 (MS-13).

“This arrest marks the twelfth gang member we have charged with child sex trafficking,” said U.S. Attorney MacBride. “We hope gang members and other pimps realize they face serious prison time for profiting from forcing these children into sexual slavery.”

Rochester, NY
U.S. Attorney William J. Hochul, Jr. announced today that Steven Lewis, 39, of Ontario, New York, who was convicted of possession child pornography, was sentenced to 48 months in prison and 15 years’ supervised release by U.S. District Judge David G. Larimer.

Assistant U.S. Attorney Tiffany H. Lee, who is handling the case, stated that the defendant possessed over 600 images of child pornography on each of at least two computers in his possession. Lewis received and distributed the images using file sharing software. The images included prepubescent children and involved depictions of violence. The images were recovered after a search warrant was executed by members of the New York State Police Computer Crimes Unit at the residence the defendant shared with his father, Edward Lewis, on Knickerbocker Road. The search warrant occurred after a New York State investigator was able to download images of child pornography from the Internet protocol address subscribed by the defendant.

Edward Lewis pleaded guilty to possession of child pornography on October 2, 2012.

Crimes against Children 10-5-12

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 attainted the age of 18 year 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.

Batavia, NY
U.S. Attorney William J. Hochul, Jr. announced today that Timothy Michael Logsdon, 29, of Batavia, New York, was arrested and charged by criminal complaint with knowingly transporting a minor in interstate commerce with the intent to engage in sexual activity and traveling in interstate commerce for the purpose of engaging in illicit sexual conduct. The charges carry a maximum sentence of 30 years in prison, a $250,000 fine, or both.

Assistant U.S. Attorney Maura K. O’Donnell, who is handling the case, stated that according to the complaint, on September 29, 2012, the parents of a 16-year-old female reported her missing to the Genesee County Sheriff’s Department. During an interview with special agents from the FBI, the victim’s parents indicated that she might be with the defendant.

Cleveland, OH
A Cleveland woman was sentenced to 11 years in prison today after previously pleading guilty to sex trafficking, said Steven M. Dettelbach, United States Attorney for the Northern District of Ohio, and Stephen D. Anthony, Special Agent in Charge of the Federal Bureau of Investigation’s Cleveland Field Office.

Pearline Richardson, 41, was sentenced to 132 months in prison by U.S. District Judge David Dowd.

“I hope that everyone who sees this sentence will realize that these cases have nothing to do with ‘prostitution,’” Dettelbach said. “They are about commercialized rape, and the punishments are going to continue to reflect that reality. While this specific case took place in Cleveland, we know these cases are all around us, in cities and suburbs, houses and hotel rooms.”

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

Matthew Lawrence Gamret, 28, of 111 Kentmoor Drive in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, pleaded guilty to one count before Senior United States District Judge Gustave Diamond.

In connection with the guilty plea, the court was advised that on January 16, 2012, Gamret possessed visual depictions, namely, images and videos in computer graphics files, the production of which involved the use of minors engaging in sexually explicit conduct.

Richmond, VA
Korey Jermaine Reynolds, 26, of Charlotte, North Carolina, was sentenced today to 130 months in prison, followed by five years of supervised release, for transporting a 13-year-old girl from Charlotte to Richmond for purposes of prostitution. Reynolds will also be required to register as a sex offender.

“When Korey Reynolds saw a 13-year-old runaway living on the streets of Miami, he didn’t see a girl in need of help. Instead, he saw an opportunity to exploit her for profit,” said U.S. Attorney MacBride. “Reynolds is a college-educated man who made his living from the money this young girl and others made selling their bodies for sex. My office will continue our zero tolerance policy against all sex traffickers. Today’s sentencing sends a strong message that we will put away anyone who sexually exploits children in this district, even a single time.”

Kansas City, KS
A Kansas City, Kansas, man has been sentenced to 46 months in federal prison for taking a 17-year-old girl across state lines so she could work as a prostitute, U.S. Attorney Barry Grissom said today.

Otis Warren, 26, Kansas City, Kansas, pleaded guilty to one count of transportation of a minor for illegal sexual activity. In his plea, Warren admitted that in November 2010 he transported a girl identified as AR, who was 17 years old at the time, from Kansas City, Kansas, to Kansas City, Missouri, so she could work as a prostitute.

Investigators with the Prairie Village Police Department working undercover agreed to pay $250 an hour to have sex with the girl. Driving a blue Cadillac, Warren dropped off the girl at a house in Prairie Village. Police followed Warren when he drove away. They stopped him and arrested him. Investigators learned Warren kept the majority of the girl’s money while she worked for him.

Statesville, NC
An Iron Station man was sentenced on Monday, October 1, 2012, to serve 198 months in federal prison and a lifetime of supervised release for producing, transporting and possessing child pornography, announced U.S. Attorney Anne M. Tompkins of the Western District of North Carolina.

In April 2011, a federal grand jury indicted Christopher Steven Johnson, 38, of Iron Station, North Carolina, on two counts of production of child pornography, three counts of transportation of child pornography, and one count of possession of child pornography. According to the criminal indictment, the defendant did employ, use, persuade, induce, entice, and coerce a minor to engage in sexually explicit conduct for the purpose of producing a visual depiction of such conduct. Based on filed documents and information brought out in court proceedings, an investigation revealed that Johnson used multiple accounts, including “luvyounger74” and “yeahright9774,” on a peer-to-peer network to distribute and receive child pornography online. Agents with the FBI executed a search warrant at Johnson’s residence in March 2011. According to filed court records and related court hearings, Johnson possessed over 4,200 images and 126 videos of child pornography. Court records also show that while examining the evidence seized from Mr. Johnson’s residence, agents discovered that Johnson had surreptitiously recorded a minor without her knowledge on multiple occasions. On August 31, 2011, the defendant entered a plea of guilty to all the charges.

Houston, TX
Nicholas Martin Rogers has been sentenced to nearly 13 years in federal prison for distributing and possessing child pornography, United States Attorney Kenneth Magidson announced today. Rogers, 29, of Houston, pleaded guilty to two counts of distributing child pornography and one count of possessing child pornography on March 9, 2012.

This morning, U.S. District Judge David Hittner considered the number and types of images involved and whether Rogers poses a danger to the community and subsequently handed him a sentence of 151 months. Under the sentencing guidelines, Rogers was held responsible for 87,000 images. Hittner further ordered Rogers to serve 25 years of supervised release following his release from prison during which time Rogers will have to comply with a number of special conditions designed to protect the children and prohibit the use of the Internet. He will also be required to register as a sex offender.

At the time of his guilty plea, Rogers acknowledged he possessed more than 12,000 images and 1,000 videos on March 3, 2011. These images contained children under the age of 12 engaged in sexual acts with adults, bondage, and lewd and lascivious displays among other things.

Fairview Heights, IL
A Fairview Heights man, Andrew Gerald Millas, 43, pleaded guilty in federal court in East St. Louis on October 2, 2012, to three counts of production of child pornography and one count of transportation of child pornography, the United States Attorney for the Southern District of Illinois, Stephen R. Wigginton, announced today. Production of child pornography carries a term of at least 15 years and up to 30 years’ imprisonment, and transportation of child pornography is punishable by a term of imprisonment of five to 20 years. Both offenses carry a fine of up to $250,000, and a supervised release term of five years to life.

A factual stipulation filed with the court at the time of the guilty plea revealed that, in December, 2011, detectives of the Boise, Idaho Police Department engaged Millas in online chats after they became concerned with his postings on a website that offered child pornography for distribution.

Millas sent the undercover officers still images of child pornography he had manufactured and also broadcast a live sex act with a minor to them via a webcam. The Boise Police Department quickly forwarded the investigative lead to the Fairview Heights Police Department, and Millas was promptly arrested. Forensic analysis of computer equipment seized from Millas by the FBI revealed voluminous digital evidence to be examined, including 14,560 multimedia files, over 900,000 image files, and 21,232 recovered image files depicting screen shots captured by a keystroke logger program. Among the files recovered were movies depicting Millas having sexual relations with a 16-year-old child and other movies that Millas made through surreptitious filming that depicted other minors engaging in sexual conduct.

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Louisville, KY
A man accused of looking at child pornography on a computer at a local library faced a judge Monday morning.

Mark L. Brown, 37, is being held on a $50,000 cash bond.

Officers arrested Brown Sunday afternoon at the Bon Air library on Del Rio Place.

Investigators said there was pornography on his thumb drive.

Mobile, AL
A Robertsdale man accused of  having child pornography is mentally competent to stand trial, a federal judge has ruled.

Chief U.S. District Judge William Steele found Cameron Bryant Harris competent and scheduled his trial for next month.

Jordan had notified prosecutors that he might pursue an insanity defense, which prompted them to ask for a psychiatric evaluation of Harris. The medical staff at the Federal Detention Center in Miami concluded that the defendant understood the nature of the charges and could assist his lawyer in his own defense.

Belleville, IL
A Belleville man will serve more than four years in prison for possessing child pornography.

Gregory L. Robinson, 39, of Belleville, was sentenced in federal court Monday to 52 months in prison and 10 years probation. He was also ordered to pay $1,000 in restitution to the victim.

The child pornography was uncovered during a federal sting operation in June 2010. Law enforcement officers learned that a computer located at Robinson's residence in Belleville had files depicting minors engaged in sexually explicit conduct that were available to download.

Jackson, MS
A child pornography investigation that began in Massachusetts has led to federal charges in Mississippi against a Georgia man accused of having sex with a girl who was 3 or 4 years old, according to a complaint filed Monday.

The complaint filed in U.S. District Court in Jackson, Miss., charges Marco Laquin Rogers, 26, of Atlanta, with sexual exploitation of a child. It wasn't immediately clear if Rogers had been taken into custody or if he had a lawyer.

The complaint says a child pornography investigation and the Sept. 6 arrest of another man, Jeremy Atral Hodges, 25, of Cambridge, Mass., led authorities to Rogers.

Read more here: http://www.sunherald.com/2012/10/01/4218555/man-charged-for-video-of-men-having.html#storylink=rss#storylink=cpy

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Lancaster, SC
A Lancaster High School teacher is at home this week, after he was charged with having sex with a 16-year-old.

Tony Ford, 36, teaches business at Lancaster High School, and coaches JV football and track at Indian Land High School.

Lancaster County sheriff's deputies have charged Ford with having sex with a 16-year-old girl who was a student at Indian Land.

Indianapolis, IN
A Marion County sheriff’s deputy who was arrested Friday on preliminary charges of distributing and possessing child pornography is the ninth deputy or civilian worker to lose a job with the department this year after an arrest or legal trouble.

Benjamin Farson, a 29-year-old Greenwood resident, was charged with six counts of child exploitation, according to the Johnson County prosecutor’s office.

Manchester, KY
Dr. Kishore Jadhav of Manchester, in a plea agreement offered last week, said he produced child pornography, would pay restitution to his victims and would forfeit some of his assets.

Under the agreement, Jadhav would plead guilty to a charge that says he knowingly got someone younger than 18 to engage in sexually explicit conduct for the purpose of producing a visual depiction of it, and then distributed the material.

Fernley, CA
Vincent Charles Fasone’s conviction for distributing child pornography and a molestation attempt on two girls were warning signs that the disgraced former Marine is a child predator.

The married father of two sons remains in Washoe County Jail awaiting an Oct. 5 preliminary hearing on a charge of attempted enticement of a minor. He was arrested last week by members of the Internet Crimes Against Children’s task force, which is a local, state and federal team of detectives working to catch on-line child predators.

Philadelphia, PA
The United States Attorney’s Office for the Middle District of Pennsylvania nnounced that a Schuylkill County resident was sentenced to 132 months in prison Thursday by Senior U.S. District Court Judge Richard P. Conaboy for receiving and distributing child pornography.

According to United States Attorney Peter J. Smith, Dean Livingstone, age 42, of New Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, previously admitted to using a computer to download and share images of child pornography between May 2008 and June 2009.

Livingstone was indicted by a federal grand jury on March 16, 2010. Livingstone’s arrest resulted from an investigation conducted by the Federal Bureau of Investigation.

Minneapolis, MN
United States Attorney Brendan V. Johnson announced that a St. Francis, South Dakota man charged with sexual abuse of a minor was sentenced on September 26, 2012, by United States District Judge Roberto A. Lange. Ennors Abraham Quick Bear, age 24, was sentenced to 12 months and one day in custody, five years of supervised release, and a $100 special assessment to the Victim Assistance Fund.

The conviction stems from an incident that took place between January 1, 2009 and October 10, 2010, when Quick Bear engaged in a sexual act with a minor who was about 14 years old.

Buffalo, NY
U.S. Attorney William J. Hochul, Jr. announced today that John Crandall, 33, of Buffalo, New York, pleaded guilty before U.S. District Court Chief Judge William M. Skretny, to distributing child pornography. The charge carries a maximum penalty of 20 years in prison, lifetime supervised release, and a fine of $250,000.

Assistant U.S. Attorney Maura K. O’Donnell, who is handling the case, stated that the defendant obtained child pornography from the Internet and other sources and distributed child pornography to at least one other individual between March 2010 and March 2011. In August, 2011, Crandall was found to be in possession of over 600 images of child pornography at his residence. Some of the images included children younger than 12 years of age and depictions of violence.

New York, NY
Preet Bharara, the United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, and Mary Galligan, the Acting Assistant Director in Charge of the New York Field Office of the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI), announced that Jabar Gilliam was found guilty this week in Manhattan federal court of bringing a 16-year-old girl (the “victim”) from Maryland to the Bronx for the purpose of prostitution. He was convicted on Tuesday after a four-day trial before U.S. District Judge Thomas P. Griesa.

Manhattan U.S. Attorney Preet Bharara said, “Jabar Gilliam methodically subjected his 16-year-old victim to physical, sexual, and psychological abuse and forced her into prostitution by threatening her and her family. Sex trafficking of a minor is a particularly horrific crime that can inflict permanent damage on its young victims. Gilliam will now face the consequences of his actions.”

Read more here: http://www.kentucky.com/2012/09/30/2355133/doctor-accepts-plea-deal.html#storylink=rss#storylink=cpy

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Bethpage, NY
Federal agents arrested a senior New York State parole officer at his Bethpage home on Tuesday on charges he allegedly possessed and shared child pornography.

James Leone is a senior parole official, whose duties include commanding officers who supervise paroled sex offenders. According to a criminal complaint unsealed Tuesday, Leone possessed videos of minor children engaged in sexually explicit and lewd conduct.

Youngwood, PA
A resident of Westmoreland County, Pa., has been indicted by a federal grand jury in Pittsburgh on a charge of possession of material depicting the sexual exploitation of a minor, United States Attorney David J. Hickton announced today.

The one-count indictment named Joshua J. Gildea, 25, formerly of 116 South 7th Street, Youngwood, Pa., as the sole defendant. According to the indictment, on July 30, 2012, Gildea possessed visual depictions, namely, images and videos in computer graphics files, the production of which involved the use of minors engaging in sexually explicit conduct.

New Caney, TX

A man has been accused of making child pornography and detectives are trying to determine how many children were forced to perform sexual acts.

John Paul Ebarb, 41, has been charged with manufacturing and distribution of child pornography and sexual performance by a child. He is being held in the Montgomery County Jail without bond.
Montgomery County sheriff's deputies said Ebarb was making child pornography in the New Caney area and sent it to people in other states.

Frankfort, KY
A Kenton County man is facing charges on accusations that he had more than 30,000 child pornography files on his computers.

The Kenton County Sheriff’s Department arrested Ryan Mathew Hoff, 24, Wednesday night on one count of possession of matter portraying a sexual performance by a minor and one count of distribution of matter portraying a sexual performance by a minor.

The charges stem from an undercover investigation by Conway’s Cybercrimes Unit that began on Aug. 13. Investigators executed a search warrant at Hoff’s Independence residence on Sept. 6, with the assistance of Kentucky State Police.

Slatington, PA

A Slatington man was charged in a federal indictment Thursday with the possession of child pornography and sending it to others on the Internet.

Ivan Capetillo, 44, in July was found to have a cellphone that held images of children engaged in sexually explicit acts, according to the indictment. A further investigation determined he had shipped child pornography online, the indictment says.

Council Bluffs, IA
A judge has sentenced an Iowa man to four years in federal prison for possession of child pornography.

Federal prosecutors in Iowa announced Thursday that 29-year-old Jeffrey Daniel Bozarth of Council Bluffs pleaded guilty to the charge in U.S. District Court.

Authorities say the charge arose out of a Nebraska State Patrol investigation of child pornography sent through online file-sharing programs. Federal agents searched Bozarth's home in Council Bluffs in December 2010, and found what prosecutors describe as a "significant quantity" of child pornography.

Houston, TX

Investigators said they found a man in bed with an 8-year-old boy when they went to his home to search for child pornography.

Harris County Precinct 4 deputy constables said their investigation into Chaise Green, 28, led them to his Glenbranch Drive home, where he lived with his girlfriend, her two young sons and his girlfriend's mother.

Detectives said as they raided the home, they found Green in bed with his girlfriend's 8-year-old son, who wore only shorts and no T-shirt.

 

 

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Santa Ana, CA
A former Orange County high school teacher pleaded guilty Friday to molesting two underage girls and possessing child pornography.

Mathew Macul Fahey, 51, pleaded guilty to two felony counts of lewd or lascivious acts with a minor and one felony count of possession of child pornography. He was sentenced to 10 years and eight months in state prison.

Trenton, NJ
A Middlesex County man on Friday admitted distributing images and videos of child pornography over the Internet, U.S. Attorney Paul J. Fishman said.Jacob Rios, 24, of Old Bridge pleaded guilty before U.S. District Judge Peter G. Sheridan in Trenton federal court to one count of distribution of child pornography.

Highland Springs, VA

A Highland Springs man has been arrested on child pornography charges after Henrico County police said he had inapproriate images printed at a store in the 5100 block of Laburnum Avenue last month.

Police said Eric S. Campbell Sr., 39, of the 100 block of North New Avenue, was charged after authorities identified him as the owner of the photos.

Campbell was charged Friday with 10 counts of possession of child pornography.

Ocala, FL
The man accused of molesting at least five children in his Ocala home entered a no contest plea to possession of child pornography Monday morning.

George Fout, a former Eagle Scout, was charged with 28 counts of child pornography stemming from a February 2012 arrest. The 25-year-old still faces charges in five cases of molestation.

Radnor, PA

A man who used to be a Boy Scout leader in Radnor, Delaware County, Pennsylvania sits in jail, accused of child pornography. 

Federal investigators say they also found conversations on Gerrett Conover's home computer that led them to believe Conover may have also had an inappropriate relationship with a young scout.

From 1999 to 2001, Conover was a leader of Troop 284 in Radnor, according to the Boy Scouts of America organization based in Valley Forge, Pa. The troop met at the Wayne Presbyterian Church. 

According to the statement from federal investigators, in addition to pornographic images found on Conover's computer:

Albany, NY
An Albany man has been sentenced to nine years in prison after admitting to distributing child pornography.

The U.S. Attorney's office says in December 2011, Leonard Gaines, 56, used a file sharing program to distribute about 100 images of child porn.

While executing a search warrant in March, investigators say they took two computers with pornography files.

Gaines pleaded guilty in May. In addition to time served, he must register as a sex offender and cannot have any unsupervised contact with minors.

Harrison County, MS
A sex offender living in Saucier has been arrested on five counts of possession of child pornography.

Justin Michael Meyer, 36, was arrested Monday at his home on Nells Road following an investigation by the Harrison County Sheriff's Office and the Internet Crimes Against Children Task Force.

Sheriff Melvin Brisolara said Meyer is accused of sending or receiving sexually explicit pictures of children over the Internet on his home computer.

Clovis, CA

A Clovis man is in custody on charges of possessing and distributing child pornography.

Dan Allen Craft was arrested Tuesday by the Fresno County sheriff's cyber crimes task force after detectives reported receiving information from FBI agents in Indianapolis that Craft was getting illegal movies and videos by email.

Detectives served warrants and seized multiple computers and hard drives. A sheriff's spokesman said Craft was communicating with a person in Florida who was abusing an 8-year-old girl. That person was arrested by authorities in Florida.

Longwood, NY
A Longwood Junior High School teacher arrested last month on charges he possessed and traded child pornography online, was back in court Tuesday after a 20-count indictment was handed down by a grand jury.

Christopher Teague was arrested in late August after detectives from the Computer Crimes Division of the Suffolk County Police Department were notified by Teague’s internet service provider that child pornography may have been transmitted through their service.

An investigation ensued, leading to an initial examination of Teague’s computers. Detectives allegedly found images and video of minor children engaged in “lewd, explicit” sexual activity.

San Diego, CA
San Diego authorities say two sheriff's deputies were wounded by a man suspected of creating child pornography with his girlfriend's young daughters. The gunman also shot himself, his girlfriend told the media.

Update at 8:05 p.m. ET: The mother of the girls, ages 6 and 8, has identified the suspect as Dan Witczak, 30, of Lakeside, the San Diego Union-Tribune reports.

The mother said she found pornographic photos of her daughters on Witczak's cellphone about 7:30 this morning, the newspaper writes. She then went to the sheriff's department, and with deputies listening called Wltczak at the couple's apartment and confronted him about the pictures.

Read more here: http://www.fresnobee.com/2012/09/25/3006384/clovis-man-arrested-on-child-porn.html#storylink=cpy