Richmond, VA
A Louisiana man was sentenced to 25 years in prison this morning in
Lynchburg, Virginia federal court, after previously pleading guilty to
recording his
sexual abuse of a
14-year-old girl and related offenses,
announced Assistant Attorney General Lanny A. Breuer of the Justice
Department’s Criminal Division and the U.S. Attorney for the Western
District of Virginia Timothy J. Heaphy.
Gregory Thomas Miller, 57, of Deville, Louisiana, pleaded guilty on
April 27, 2012, to a 10-count indictment charging him with seven counts
of production of
child pornography, one count of transporting
child
pornography, one count of possessing
child pornography, and one count of
marijuana possession. Today’s sentence was imposed by U.S. District
Judge Norman K. Moon.
According to court documents, Miller repeatedly
sexually abused a
14-year-old girl and filmed numerous
incidents of the
abuse during a
several-month period in 2008. In October 2010, the defendant’s car was
stopped by
National Park Service (NPS) rangers at a DUI checkpoint in
Virginia. The defendant was in the car with the
girl he had
abused.
NPS
Rangers quickly determined that a
missing persons/runaway report for her
had been recorded with the
National Crime Information Center.
Savannah, GA
A federal indictment unsealed last week in federal court has charged
Shawn Bragg, 21, of Savannah, Georgia with
sex trafficking a
child.
Bragg is currently a fugitive. Anyone with information on his
whereabouts is urged to contact the
FBI.
According to the allegations in the indictment, from 2010 to March of
this year, Bragg recruited a
child who was under 14 years old to work
as a
prostitute in the Savannah area. The indictment further alleges
that Bragg benefitted financially from the
child engaging in
commercial
sex acts.
Bragg is charged with one count of
sex trafficking of a
child,
which carries a mandatory minimum sentence of 15 years in prison and a
potential life sentence.
Albuquerque, NM
This morning in federal court,
Jay Rutherford Paiz, 31, a member of
the Jicarilla Apache Nation who resides in Dulce, New Mexico, entered a
guilty plea to a second-degree
murder charge under a plea agreement with
the U.S. Attorney’s Office.
During today’s plea hearing, Paiz admitted
killing his 3-year-old son
on July 20, 2008, at his residence, which is located on the Jicarilla
Apache Indian Reservation, U.S. Attorney Kenneth J. Gonzales said.
Court records reflect that Paiz was arrested on July 22, 2008, on a
criminal complaint charging him with
attempting to
kill or to
commit
manslaughter of his 3-year-old son through a pattern of
child abuse.
Joliet, IL
A former local youth soccer
coach is heading to prison after pleading
guilty Monday to one count of aggravated criminal
sexual abuse and one
count of aggravated
child pornography.
Darrell J. Stephenson, 25, formerly of 2038 Manico in Crest Hill,
will spend five years in the Department of Corrections after agreeing to
a plea deal in Will County Circuit Court.
Stephenson was arrested in June 2011 on a charge of aggravated
criminal
sexual abuse, accused of
molesting a 12-year-old boy in fall
2010.
Monett, MO
A southwest Missouri man who was turned in to
police by his wife pleaded guilty to possessing cartoons that depict
child pornography.
Prosecutors announced Monday that 36-year-old
Christian Bee of Monett entered his plea Monday in federal court in Springfield.
The Joplin Globe reports Bee's wife called Monett
police in August 2011 after finding the
files on her husband's
computer.
Forensic investigators found a collection of
electronic comics, titled "
Incest Comics," on the
computer. The U.S.
Attorney's office says it will recommend a sentence of three years in
prison without parole.
Tulsa, OK
A Tulsa man is behind bars for allegedly possessing and distributing
child pornography.
According
to the arrest report, 48-year-old
Shawn Neihart was taken into custody
Monday around 10:30 a.m. after he turned himself in to the Tulsa County
Jail.
Among
the charges Neihart faces are aggravated possession of
child
pornography, possession of
child pornography, distribution of
child
pornography and possession of
obscene material.
Spartanburg Co., SC
A Spartanburg man
who was a
teacher when he was arrested on
child pornography charges
earlier this year was sentenced on Tuesday.
Mark Anthony Soza, 57, of Roebuck, pleaded guilty to possession of
child pornography and was sentenced to 40 months in prison.
Evidence
presented at the plea hearing showed that Soza, who was a Spartanburg
School District 4
teacher prior to his arrest in February 2012, was a
customer of a commercial
child pornography operation under
investigation
by the
Department of Homeland Security.
Long Island, NY
A
Roosevelt High School administrator was arrested by federal agents at his home Tuesday and charged with receiving
child pornography, according to
Newsday, citing a criminal complaint filed by a
Homeland Security agent.
Tuesday morning, federal agents executed a
search warrant at the
Patchogue home of
Kevin O’Connell, after they reportedly traced an
internet address advertising
video files available for sharing to
O’Connell’s house.
According to the complaint, agents conducted a preliminary
forensic
examination of
computer equipment found during the raid. Agents
“confirmed the presence of numerous
videos of apparent
child
pornography,” the complaint said.
Pembroke, NY
A Pembroke woman who allegedly supplied
child pornography to a man
later convicted of
molesting toddlers entered a guilty plea in County
Court today to one count of possession of
sexual performance of a
child.
As a term of the plea deal,
Beverly Hensel, 53, of 8921 Alleghany
Road, Pembroke, could receive up to 10 years probation and an
intermittent jail term.
Hansel admitted to possessing
child pornography between January 2008 and December 2009.
According to court documents,
Hansel met James L. Little Jr., 41, formerly of Batavia, at a bar in
Corfu. During the meeting, Little said Hansel offered to acquire
child
pornography for him.
Bear, DE
An 18-year-old Bear man faces 25 counts of
dealing in
child pornography, the state Attorney General’s Office
announced in a release today.
Delaware
Child Predator Task Force officials carried out a
search warrant for a
residence in the 4200 block of Cindy Drive in Bear on Oct. 9 following
an
undercover investigation, public information officer Jason P. Miller
said.
Detectives
seized two
laptops and other
evidence, and an initial
forensic preview
revealed multiple
images and
video of
child pornography, Miller said.
Roosevelt
J. Cubbage, 18, who was in the residence, was taken to Delaware
State
Police Troop 2 for questioning, where he was arrested and charged with
25 counts of dealing in
child pornography based on evidence obtained
during the
investigation, Miller said.
Naperville, IL
Residents of a Naperville neighborhood were
reeling Tuesday after the arrest of a man suspected of secretly
videotaping several neighbors in the
nude.
Renzo Barduagni, 50, of the 700 block
of Violet Circle, also is accused of possessing about 100 images of
child pornography on his computer.
Police arrested Barduagni on Monday after
executing a search warrant at his house, the culmination of a four-month
online child pornography investigation. In addition to locating child
pornography, authorities said they found a videotape containing footage
of a naked neighbor child.
