Four people - a total of 92 years in prison. What a waste of lives!
Ohio man pleads guilty to dozens of charges
involving child sexual abuse material
NJ man fled sentencing for sex assault 20 years ago,
now back in US after rape in England
Jo CiavagliaNearly 20 years after he fled the United States to avoid being sentenced for sexually assaulting a 13-year-old Bucks County girl, a fugitive has been returned to Montgomery County where he faces new felony charges.
The Montgomery County District Attorney’s Office announced the arrest of Gerard Zalewski, who was 22 when he pleaded guilty to forcing an Upper Southampton girl to perform a sexual act on him, and attempting to meet another underage girl for sex.
Months later he failed to appear at his sentencing and Montgomery County authorities have been looking for him ever since placing his name and photo on watch lists including the FBI’s “America’s Most Wanted,” and Interpol.
Zalewski was found in Lancashire, England, where he was serving prison time for a conviction nearly a decade ago on similar child sex charges.
“We have been waiting to get justice for our victim, who was sexually assaulted by Zalewski,” Montgomery County District Attorney Kevin Steele said. “Now that he is back on American soil, he will not only face 5 to 20 years in prison, but he also faces new charges due to fleeing and failing to appear.”
In August 2004, Zalewski, who lived in Clinton, New Jersey, was charged with attempted involuntary deviate sexual intercourse when he showed up to have sex with someone who he thought was a 12-year-old girl he had been talking to online.
The girl, though, turned out to be an Abington police officer looking for sexual predators online. When police arrested him, Zalewski had two ice picks, condoms and a digital camera.
During that investigation, authorities identified a 13-year-old girl who said Zalewski forced her to perform oral sex on him in June 2004 after he drove her to a secluded area of Bucks County. The two met in an Internet chat room.
Zalewski was free on $100,000 bail when he pleaded guilty to the charges in 2005.
When he failed to appear at his March 29, 2006 hearing he was sentenced in absentia to five to 20 years in state prison and deemed a sexually violent predator, meaning he is subject to lifetime registration under Megan’s Law.
Zalewski was located in England after the Lancashire Constabulary Police arrested him in June 2016 for raping a 13-year-old child that he met over the Internet.
Authorities said he met the victim in a park where he sexually abused her for several hours including taking photos of her, putting a dog collar around her neck and forcing her to write “rape me” on her leg, according to the press release.
There is definately something demonic about him. Or, is it just drugs?
In late 2016 he pleaded guilty to multiple child sex-related crimes and was sentenced to 12 years in prison, where he had been until he was released to U.S. authorities on Aug. 23.
He is currently incarcerated in the Montgomery County Correctional Center in lieu of $500,077 bail. He is facing felony charges of Flight to Avoid Punishment and Default in Required Appearance.
The case will be prosecuted by Assistant District Attorney Samantha Cauffman, who originally prosecuted Zalewski in 2006.
Montana Man Sentenced to 40 Years
in Child Sex Abuse Case
David Elven Kellogg in May pleaded guilty to a felony count of sexual intercourse without consent and a second felony count of sexual abuse of children in Flathead County District Court as part of a plea deal
By Maggie DresserA 55-year-old Columbia Falls man who admitted to sexually assaulting and photographing a minor who he met on social media when the victim was 11 years old was sentenced Aug. 26 to 40 years in the Montana State Prison with no parole restrictions.
Kellogg in 2021 was charged with three additional felonies of aggravated sexual intercourse without consent and two separate criminal possession of dangerous drugs charges. He pleaded not guilty to the charges in 2022; however, he changed his plea at a May 23, 2024 hearing and the charges were dismissed as part of the plea deal.
According to charging documents, the now-adult victim in 2021 reported a sexual assault that had occurred two weeks prior. While at Kellogg’s home in Columbia Falls, the victim reported being held down and raped by Kellogg despite yelling for him to stop.
The victim also told authorities they had an ongoing sexual relationship for the last four to five years after meeting on social media when the minor was 11 years old. Kellogg gave the victim money, drugs, cell phones and other gifts in exchange for sexual acts, records state. Authorities found sexually explicit messages and photos that Kellogg sent to the minor, who said Kellogg had been documenting and filming their encounters since the relationship began.
During the execution of a search warrant, law enforcement seized 14 cell phones, three computers, a video recorder and several other devices with multiple sexually explicit videos, which appeared to have been filmed at Kellogg’s home. Footage revealed numerous videos, including with the victim, and other children “who appeared approximately 10 years old engaged in sexual conduct,” according to court records.
Judge Ulbricht sentenced Kellogg to a term of 40 years in the Montana State Prison for each felony count, which will run concurrent with no parole restrictions. The defendant will be given credit for 238 days of actual time served.
“You had previously pled guilty to the two counts of having sexual intercourse without consent and sexual abuse of children where you videotaped the victim in this matter and also had multiple sexual encounters with the victim without his consent, given his age,” Ulbricht said.
“The court finds it disingenuous that you thought that he was 18 years of age,” Judge Ulbricht added. “The court does find with the aggravating factors that there is more than one victim in the case … the length of abuse went on for years.”
As part of Judge Ulbricht’s order, Kellogg received a psychosexual evaluation from Dr. Robert Page, who described the defendant as sexually deviant, which is defined as any sexual behavior that is illegal, non-consensual, or “detrimentally affects the victim.”
Dr. Page said Kellogg showed remorse during the evaluation and recommended he should participate in a sex offender treatment program offered at the Montana State Prison, although he clarified that an intensive, multi-year outpatient program would be more effective.
“He really does want treatment – he does want to change,” Dr. Page told the court.
Justice important for victims
Dr. Page also acknowledged that aside from treatment, victims more easily cope from their trauma when their perpetrator is held accountable.
“One of the most curative factors we see in terms of helping victims cope with what’s happened to them is to watch their perpetrator receive retribution because it proves to the victim the one thing that’s the most vulnerable in their mind and that is ‘what did I do wrong?’” Dr. Page said.
Columbia Falls Police Department Detective Gary Denham testified that he reviewed most of the evidence in the case, which included more than 17 electronic devices with footage of multiple minors as young as 10 years old engaging in sexual acts. He told the court that he had concerns about Kellogg’s presence in the community and believed he would reoffend.
Trauma increases with length of abuse
Deputy Flathead County Attorney Ashley Frechette described the length of abuse, which spanned four years starting when the victim was 11 years old, as having a significant traumatic impact on the victim.
“[The victim] has suffered immense trauma,” Frechette said. “He has an extreme fear of the defendant and retaliation. The defendant stands here today an untreated sex offender and a risk to society.”
Kellogg’s defense attorney Britt Cotter told the court that his client was not aware the victim was a minor and he emphasized his lack of criminal history, describing his client as compliant and remorseful.
Kellogg addressed the court prior to the sentencing, apologizing for his actions as he sobbed.
Maryland woman to spend decades in prison
for child sexual abuse
WASHINGTON (DC News Now) — A Mayland woman was sentenced on Friday after being convicted of two counts of first-degree child sexual abuse.
The U.S. Attorney’s Office (USAO) said 42-year-old Griselda Martinez-Moz will spend 20 years in prison, and then must register as a sex offender for the remainder of her life.
According to evidence presented in her week-long trial back in March, Martinez-Moz sexually abused an 8-year-old child in 2015 and 2016.
Officials said that Martinez-Moz knew the victim’s family.
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