Historical CSA at private elementary school - New Jersey
Dentist and hockey coach charged with CSA - Iowa
Jacksonville man sentenced for child porn - Florida
49 y/o arrested for brutal abuse of 3 y/o in his care - Virginia
48 y/o arrested for brutal rape of 5 y/o - Virginia
Jacksonville monster gets 11 life sentences for 20+ years of CSA - Texas
2 men arrested for child exploitation/porn - Louisiana
Jackson Co. man charged with CSA, sodomy - Alabama
2 men arrested for gang-rape of girl - District of Columbia
Sex offender arrested for new offence against boy - Massachusetts
Man facing 30 felony counts including deviate sex w/child - Pennsylvania
3 men arrested in one county in unrelated CSA events - Maryland
Child sex abuse 'pervasive' at N.J. school for decades
USA TODAY NETWORK Mike Deak, (Bridgewater, N.J.) Courier-News
A private firm conducted a nearly yearlong investigation into abuse by former staffers at Pingry School in Basking Ridge, N.J. The school announced the investigation in March 2016.
According to the 44-page report, at least 27 students were abused by Thad Alton, a teacher, coach and Lower School principal, from 1972 to 1978 at the school's Short Hills campus. The victims interacted with him at Pingry or when he was a scoutmaster of Boy Scout Troop 64 or a camp counselor. Most of the victims were boys between 10 and 12.
"We are heartsick to learn the extent of his pattern of abuse," said Nathaniel Conrad and Jeffrey Edwards, Pingry headmaster and chairman of the board of trustees, respectively.
The two other former staffers that were the focus of the report were woodshop teacher Bruce Bohrer and the late Antoine du Bourg, a faculty member for 46 years who died in 2011.
The report, which T&M Protection Resources released Monday, offers extremely graphic details of the incidents which took place in Alton's office during the school day, the school's gymnasium, the home of his in-laws and even at his school-owned home while his wife and children were at home.
An investigation found that Thad Alton abused at least 27 students from 1972 to 1978 at The Pingry School's Short Hills, N.J., campus. He is currently on the New York State Sex Offender Registry. (Photo: New York State Sex Offender Registry via (Bridgewater, N.J.) Courier-News)
The report found that after Alton left Pingry, at least one board member learned of the allegations against Alton, which led to Alton's arrest in 1979.
"Unfortunately," Conrad and Edwards wrote, "the school did not notify the full parent or faculty communities at that time."
Alton taught at Short Hills Country Day School from 1972 until it merged with Pingry in 1974. He taught at Pingry from 1974 to 1978. After leaving Pingry, Alton, 70, moved to Potsdam in upstate New York and worked at Clarkson University.
In 1990, Alton was convicted on charges of sodomy and sex abuse of boys age 10 and 12. He was incarcerated until 1995, according to New York State records.
Alton, who lives in Manhattan, is listed on the New York State Sex Offender Registry.
Bohrer, who taught at the Short Hills campus, had sexually inappropriate behavior with at least four students between 1978 and 1979, according to the report.
The report also found that du Bourg, a science and music teacher who left the school in 2002, engaged in harassing behavior and inappropriate physical contact with multiple students over his four decades at the school, with the most recent allegation in the 1980s.
"We are devastated by these findings and the reality that these abuses were, for decades, weighing on the survivors without our awareness or action," Conrad and Edwards wrote.
In a statement, a dozen victims of sexual abuse, calling themselves the Pingry Survivors, say they have instructed their legal team to continue an independent investigation into the abuse. The members say they want "to explore a way to work collaboratively with the school's investigators to share information in an appropriate manner."
The group lists three goals: disclose of the entire truth about sexual abuse at the school and the school's response at the time; have the school "hear, understand and acknowledge the suffering of each victim and to make meaningful amends"; and prompt Pingry "to dedicate itself to ensuring that this history can never be repeated."
The victims say their investigation found "a culture of silence and denial" among Pingry staffers.
"We acknowledge that the current Pingry leadership has a difficult task — to clean up a 'mess' that they did not personally create," they wrote.
The victims say they have not filed a lawsuit and "are making effort to avoid litigation."
"The past cannot be undone, but The Pingry School's response now will serve as a testament to Pingry's current values," they wrote.
Dentist, hockey coach charged with child sex abuse
KCCI
STUART, Iowa —
Sheriff’s office officials in Guthrie County said a Guthrie Center dentist is charged with two counts of third-degree sexual abuse and two counts of indecent contact with a child.
Rural Stuart resident Justin Hillock, 36, was arrested Friday based on a trial information filed by Assistant Attorneys General Laura Roan and Tyler Buller.
Law enforcement officials confirmed that Hillock is a dentist at Guthrie Center Family Dentistry.
A post on Hillock’s own blog page states: “Hillock coaches hockey and holds a Level Three USA Hockey Coach certification. Dr. Justin Hillock also contributes to local church groups, and participates in charity auctions sponsored by the county. Additionally, Dr. Justin Hillock belongs to the Guthrie Center Booster Club. Through this organization, Dr. Justin Hillock raises funds for local schools and athletic facilities, providing them with equipment necessary for comprehensive physical education for area students. Dr. Justin Hillock also restores vintage farm equipment, a hobby he developed as a young man observing his father’s farm machinery dealership.”
According to deputies, Hillock's arraignment is scheduled for April 17, 2017 at 9:00 A.M.
Jax man sentenced to 7 years for child sex abuse videos
First Coast News , WTLV
JACKSONVILLE, Fla. - A local man has been sentenced to seven years and three months in federal prison for receiving child sex abuse videos over the Internet.
On Sept. 30, 2016, the FBI executed a search warrant at 58-year-old Richard Daniel Lord's home.
While in custody, Lord admitted that he used his cell phone to search for and download photos and videos of child pornography. Authorities found six videos of children being sexually abused.
The case was investigated by the Columbia County Sheriff's Office, the Florida Department of Law Enforcement, the Jacksonville Sheriff's Office and the FBI.
Lord was also ordered to serve a life term of supervision and to register as a sex offender when he is released from prison.
Bristol man charged in child sexual abuse case
A Bristol, Virginia, man has been charged in a child sexual abuse case.
On Feb. 24, the city Police Department began an investigation into a complaint of child sexual abuse which began with a call to Bristol Regional Medical Center. The perpetrator in the case is a family member of the victim and the victim is only 3-years-old, police said.
After an investigation, charges were placed against 49-year-old Tracy Alvin Holt of five counts of custodial indecent liberties, three counts of object sexual penetration, two counts of aggravated sexual battery, and one count of forcible sodomy, and aggravated sexual battery.
He is being held in the Bristol, Virginia Jail without bond.
Bond set in alleged child sex abuse
By MELINDA WILLIAMS
Citing a lack of prior convictions, including failure to appear in court, a Pulaski County judge set a $25,000 secured bond for a man accused of sexually abusing a 5-year-old.
Richard L. Richardson III, 48, of Christiansburg, is charged in Pulaski County with aggravated sexual battery and forcible sodomy of a child. The crimes are alleged to have occurred Nov. 1, 2015, while Richardson and his wife were living with a relative of the child.
That is as much as the Southwest Times would allow me to read without paying.
East Texas man to serve 11 life sentences for
child sexual abuse
By KLTV Digital Media Staff
CHEROKEE COUNTY, TX (KLTV) -
An east Texas man was found guilty of 34 counts of child sexual abuse in Cherokee County.
According to the Cherokee County Sheriff’s Office, on March 30, 2017, in the Second Judicial District Court of Cherokee County the jury found Kevin Ray Morris Sr., of Jacksonville, guilty of 34 counts of Child Sexual Abuse including, Aggravated Sexual Assault of a Child, Sexual Assault of a Child, and Indecency with a Child.
The Honorable Judge R. Chris Day ordered all possible counts stacked, and told Morris after sentencing, “Mr. Morris, there is really no other way to put it, you are a monster.”
According to the CCSO, the judge went on to say, “Mr. Morris, if I could give you more time to serve, I would.”
During the trial, the State presented evidence that Morris had been molesting, raping, and threatening multiple children who ranged in age from 4 to 16 for more than twenty years before being brought to justice.
It was largely thanks to the efforts of Lieutenant Detective James Oden of the Jacksonville Police Department that the multiple victims were finally able to confront their abuser in open court, accordint to CCSO.
Through relentless investigation, Lieutenant Detective Oden was able to patch together a scurrilous record of child abuse dating back to the early 1990s.
Upon hearing that Lieutenant Detective Oden was tracking him, the Defendant fled to Ohio where he was later apprehended by the U.S. Marshals Service and transported back to Cherokee County for trial.
Multiple victims testified at trial, all of which told of the horrendous acts of sexual assault that the Defendant committed against them.
In addition to the life sentences stacked with 450 years in prison, the jury also assessed a $340,000 fine against Morris for his acts.
Denham Springs man accused of distribution of
sex abuse images of children
WBRZ By: Kevin Dupuy
BATON ROUGE – Attorney General Jeff Landry says two men in Louisiana were arrested this week on child exploitation charges.
“I have an unwavering commitment to protect our children from sexual exploitation,” Landry said. “My office will continue to use all the resources possible to bring child predators to justice.”
John Salpietra, 24, of Denham Springs was arrested on two counts of distribution of sexual abuse images and/or videos of children. He was booked into the Livingston Parish Prison.
Chris Rome, 31, of Picayune, Miss. Was arrested in Slidell and charged with one count of indecent behavior with a juvenile. He was booked into the Slidell City Jail.
To report child exploitation, call the Louisiana Bureau of Investigation at 800-256-4506.
Jackson County man charged with multiple
counts of child sex abuse
BY MEGAN BRANTLEY
JACKSON COUNTY, Ala. – A Woodville man is facing five counts of child sex abuse after he was arrested by Jackson Police on Friday evening.
Benjamin Shawn Baugh, 39, is charged with two counts of sexual abuse of a child under 12, two counts of sodomy to the 1st degree, and one count of enticing a child for an immoral purpose.
Baugh is currently being held at the Jackson County Detention Center on a $107,500.00 bond.
Arrests Made in Child Sexual Abuse Offenses
On Tuesday, March 21, 2017, at approximately 1:14 am, MPD says that two suspects sexually assaulted a victim in the 1700 block of 25th Street, Southeast.
After further investigation, on Thursday, March 23, 2017, 21- year-old Maurice Delonte Dawkins, of Southeast, DC, was arrested and charged with First Degree Sexual Abuse and First Degree Child Sexual Abuse.
On Friday, March 24, 2017, 21- Year-old Joseph Reginald Ward, of Southeast, DC, was arrested and charged with First Degree Sexual Abuse and First Degree Child Sexual Abuse.
District of Columbia
Salem man charged in sexual abuse of child, 12
By Julie Manganis Staff Writer
SALEM, MA — A registered sex offender from Salem has been arrested on new charges of aggravated child rape and child enticement, after police say he sexually assaulted a 12-year-old child in his Mason Street apartment earlier this month.
Scott Deschenes, 26, of 77 Mason St., a Level 2 sex offender, was taken into custody Friday morning on a warrant. He is also charged with witness intimidation, court records show.
He was ordered held without bail pending a hearing April 7 to determine whether he is too dangerous to release while awaiting trial.
According to a police report, the mother of the victim brought the child to the police station, Thursday afternoon. The child asked to be interviewed separately.
The child told investigators he’d met “Scott D.” through a friend. The child met Deschenes once in downtown Salem, at the Museum Place Mall.
After that, the child and Deschenes communicated on Snapchat, and the child said Deschenes made sexually-explicit comments such as “You’re cute, I wish I could touch you,” and “I like little boys.”
One day in mid-March, Deschenes allegedly sent a message inviting the child to “hang out” at his home “to play video games and chill.” Deschenes then picked up the child in downtown Salem.
The child, who was nervous, sent a Snapchat message to a friend saying, “If I go missing tell police 77 Mason St.”. He also sent a photo of the hallway leading to the apartment.
Once at the apartment Deschenes pushed the child onto a bed, held him down and sexually assaulted him, the child said.
Deschenes, he said, told him that if he told anyone “like police” what had happened, “I will hurt you.”
In 2011, Deschenes, then 20, pleaded guilty to a reduced charge of indecent assault and battery on a child and child enticement in a 2009 incident in Salisbury and was sentenced to a total of four years in jail, followed by probation, according to court records.
The 13-year-old child in that case met Deschenes at a skateboard park and then agreed to visit his home during the Christmas school vacation. During that visit, Deschenes sexually assaulted the child.
Deschenes continued to contact the child, asking him to pose for sexually explicit web videos and telling him they could make money doing that. The child lied, telling Deschenes he was grounded, to get out of it.
Bucks County man faces 30 felony counts of
child sex abuse
Bucks County man faces more than 30 felony counts that he sexually abused children over the course of several years.
Charles David Zeigafuse, 23, of Kintnersville, was charged Tuesday with 18 counts of involuntary deviate sexual intercourse with a child, five counts of statuatory sexual assault and nine counts of indecent assault of a person less than 13 years old, according to court records.
Zeigafuse is suspected of engaging of sexual activity with one victim from 2009 to 2013 and a second victim from 2006 to 2009, according to a press release from state police. His bail was set at $1.5 million and a preliminary hearing is set for April 3.
Kintnersville, PA
3 men arrested in 3 separate incidents of child
sexual abuse in Prince William Co.
by ABC7
From left to right: Richard Leslie Levault, Luis Alonso Argueta Bonila and Elvin Adalber Salgado Sanchez were all arrested in connection with sexual abuse in Prince William County. (Photo, Prince William County Police)
PRINCE WILLIAM COUNTY, Md.— Three men were arrested for three separate cases of child sexual abuse in two days in Prince William County, according to police.
Prince William County Police say two of the men's alleged victims were family members. Police say one of those cases involved an 8-year-old girl and charges of forcible sodomy.
On Monday, police arrested Luis Alonso Argueta Bonilla, 20, of Woodbridge and charged him with forcible sodomy after they say he assaulted an 8-year-old female family member at a Woodbridge home. The girl told officials about the incident after she watched an educational video at school, according to police.
That same day, police arrested Elvin Adalber Salgado Sanchez, 25, of Woodbridge and charged him with with 2 counts of carnal knowledge of a child after police say he had an inappropriate relationship with a 14-year-old girl from November 2016 to February 2017. Police arrested Sanchez after they were called to investigate a sexual assault near his home in the 2200 block of West Longview Drive in Woodbridge.
On Tuesday, police arrested Richard Leslie Levault, 64, of Woodbridge after they say he inappropriately touched an 11-year-old boy who was a family member. Police began investigating this incident after being called to a Woodbridge home for a report of a sexaul assault on Saturday. Police charged Levault with aggravated sexual battery and indecent liberties with a minor.
All three men are being held without bond.
Prince William Co., MD
